# Clicking on category dropdown triggers keyboard on ipad

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-category-dropdown-triggers-keyboard-on-ipad/35360
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** tablet
**Created:** [8 בנובמבר,‏ 2015,‏ 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-category-dropdown-triggers-keyboard-on-ipad/35360 "2015-11-08T20:03:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Joey\_Tuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@Joey\_Tuan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joey_Tuan)
#### Post date: [8 בנובמבר,‏ 2015,‏ 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-category-dropdown-triggers-keyboard-on-ipad/35360/1 "2015-11-08T20:03:36Z")

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When posting a new topic and clicking category dropdown, it triggers the keyboard, blocking user from being able to post the topic.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/c/2cda9bf4f26e60538149a8a83d677da5225685ff.jpg)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [8 בנובמבר,‏ 2015,‏ 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-category-dropdown-triggers-keyboard-on-ipad/35360/2 "2015-11-08T20:06:42Z")

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Yeah on touch we have to avoid setting focus here, @eviltrout

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [9 בנובמבר,‏ 2015,‏ 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-category-dropdown-triggers-keyboard-on-ipad/35360/3 "2015-11-09T18:59:02Z")

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This was fixed in the latest version of Select2. I’ve upgraded it and it works now:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/05849d2afb8fa6fa200e40332a23eecc5df91071](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/05849d2afb8fa6fa200e40332a23eecc5df91071)

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [9 בנובמבר,‏ 2015,‏ 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clicking-on-category-dropdown-triggers-keyboard-on-ipad/35360/4 "2015-11-09T18:59:07Z")

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