Good idea, I tried adding accept_default="false", but it doesn't seem to do anything (the first list entry is still picked, a bug regardless of the search feature?).
Perhaps. We'll look into it.
Great - should I file an issue on bitbucket or will you after a little investigation?
Hi Peter, It turns out that accept_default is recognized only in very special cases and used for a particular purpose. I've removed it from the wiki for now since it's more of a undocumented/internal feature of Galaxy rather than something that useful to tool authors.
Currently my best workaround so far is to add a help attribute, "When there are lots of entries, type here to search" (this needs to be worded carefully as when there are only a few databases setup you can't search).
Yes, this is in line with the label/tooltip solution. Additional suggestions are welcome as well.
I think the option accept_default="false" would be fine (assuming it did what we want it to do, and triggers the search text).
I think the best solution to this problem is likely UI-centric rather than tool-centric, but let's keep an open mind. As such, I've created an issue that you can follow and comment on here: https://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-central/issue/441/better-help-text-in-cu... Thanks, J.