Search icon in Category WS has no hint

[mitarachim]

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Version Number: v9.1.42-0
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: No
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: #60488
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): [email protected]
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Macbook Pro 2023 / Sequoia 15.2
App Component: Workspace Settings

Action Performed:

1. Open the ND app
2. Sign into a valid Beta user
3. Go to a Workspace with more than 15 categories
4. Observe the search icon in the Category Search page for Workspaces

Expected Result:

User expects there to be a tooltip

Actual Result:

No tooltip is displayed

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Bug6825069_1746670139156.Search_icon_in_Category_WS_has_no_hint.mp4

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Triggered auto assignment to @adelekennedy (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

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Triggered auto assignment to @robertjchen (DeployBlockerCash), see https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/9980/ for more details.

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[samranahm]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

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What is the root cause of that problem?

We have not added the tooltip here

App/src/pages/workspace/categories/WorkspaceCategoriesPage.tsx

Lines 439 to 446 in bd59655

	{categoryList.length > CONST.SEARCH_ITEM_LIMIT && (
	<SearchBar
	label={translate('workspace.categories.findCategory')}
	inputValue={inputValue}
	onChangeText={setInputValue}
	shouldShowEmptyState={hasVisibleCategories && !isLoading && filteredCategoryList.length === 0}
	/>
	)}

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We should wrap the SearchBar with ToolTip here with text findCategory

What specific scenarios should we cover in automated tests to prevent reintroducing this issue in the future?

N/A

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

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[daledah]

cc @Expensify/design @shawnborton There's no precedent of adding tooltip to InputField icon before, what do you think we should do here?

[mitarachim]

Just for reference , QA team compare with tooltip while hover search icon in inbox.

Screen.Recording.2025-05-08.at.11.50.36.AM.mov

[shawnborton]

I don't think we need a tooltip on the inputs personally, I think we can close this and consider it not a blocker.