# Re-assign in mobile view does not allow typing in search field for users
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** mobile, assign
**Created:** [19 april 2026 om 07:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986 "2026-04-19T07:15:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Eman\_Ahmed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eman_Ahmed)
#### Post date: [19 april 2026 om 07:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986/1 "2026-04-19T07:15:39Z")
We are currently using the web as homescreen app in iphone where in the assignee section we can’t enter the assignee name and the dropdown menu doesn’t show the user name
Kindly fix this bug to get a dropdown menu which shows all the users or enable us to search
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [19 april 2026 om 11:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986/2 "2026-04-19T11:02:08Z")
i don’t really understand this bug description but it sounds like it might be similar to [Add user to list modal often appears above the mobile viewport sceen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-user-to-list-modal-often-appears-above-the-mobile-viewport-sceen/400974/1)
> [@Add user to list modal often appears above the mobile viewport sceen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-user-to-list-modal-often-appears-above-the-mobile-viewport-sceen/400974/1):
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> assigning a topic or post to a user (eg: from topic wrench menu or post admin wrench menu)
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### Author:  [@Eman\_Ahmed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eman_Ahmed)
#### Post date: [19 april 2026 om 11:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986/3 "2026-04-19T11:31:48Z")
well it’s different let me explain it in details:
I use an open source discourse and add it to my home screen (iPhone & Andriod)
I have the assignee plugin added where it will be used to assign posts to the users
Unfortunately, in iPhone when I click on the 3 dots and try to assign to another user I’m unable to search for the user name since all the users doesn’t appear in the dropdown
Kindly fix the bug
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [19 april 2026 om 11:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986/4 "2026-04-19T11:37:14Z")
It’s odd that searching a user into the modal doesn’t work. Is this specific to a PWA on iOS? Does it occur in the browser, or Android?
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [19 april 2026 om 11:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986/5 "2026-04-19T11:46:04Z")
> [@Eman\_Ahmed](#):
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> since all the users doesn’t appear in the dropdown
if i am understanding your complaint, that’s not a bug that’s by design. for many forums listing all members in a dropdown would be unreasonably a pain to scroll, especially on mobile. you have to type in the field to to start the user list search.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [19 april 2026 om 11:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986/6 "2026-04-19T11:50:47Z")
So, compared to the bug report [Lilly created a few hours ago](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-user-to-list-modal-often-appears-above-the-mobile-viewport-sceen/400974) about lots of places where it is impossible to select users using a phone, you only experience this problem in the modal to assign posts to users? It’s not a problem for you if you want to add a user to a group or invite them to a personal message?
Can you share a screenshot of what you see when the search doesn’t work?
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### Author:  [@Eman\_Ahmed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eman_Ahmed)
#### Post date: [22 april 2026 om 07:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986/7 "2026-04-22T07:43:12Z")
yes it’s only for iOS PWA
here’s the screenshots
@Moin @Lilly @NateDhaliwal
I can’t type the assignee I can choose from the dropdown list only
sometimes as cleared above that it doesn’t show all the users
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [22 april 2026 om 07:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986/8 "2026-04-22T07:46:14Z")
Your screen recording doesn’t seem to show the whole phone screen. Could you double-check that?
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [22 april 2026 om 07:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986/9 "2026-04-22T07:51:12Z")
please do not `@` people who are already in the topic. it creates extra and unnecessary notification noise
that is not the screenshot that shows the problem, but i believe this is.
the problem appears to be that one cannot type at all into the search field.
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### Author:  [@Eman\_Ahmed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eman_Ahmed)
#### Post date: [22 april 2026 om 07:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986/10 "2026-04-22T07:52:03Z")
yes indeed we can’t type the assingee name in PWA iOS
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [13 mei 2026 om 10:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-assign-in-mobile-view-does-not-allow-typing-in-search-field-for-users/400986/12 "2026-05-13T10:43:49Z")
We’re having the same issue, not on re-assign but on assign on mobile. As soon as you open the modal it goes boom.
```plaintext
Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: can't access property "contains", t.targetElement is undefined
t select-kit-collection.gjs:20
c select-kit-collection.gjs:19
installModifier modifier-manager.ts:52
Ember 76
select-kit-collection.gjs:20:7
t select-kit-collection.gjs:20
some self-hosted:125
c select-kit-collection.gjs:19
installModifier modifier-manager.ts:52
Ember
```
Changing ` locked.targetElement.contains(element)` to ` locked?.targetElement.contains(element)` removes the error but still does not allow typing.