Android Search icon on keyboard WITHOUT moving to next element

Asked Mar 15 '16 at 04:38

Active Mar 16 '16 at 14:55

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This may seem like a dumb question, but I want the magnifying glass on the keyboard, but I don't want the focus to go right to the next element.

I've got an EditText that populates a ListView with possible matches to the user's query. The EditText's XML includes

"android:imeOptions="actionSearch"

which adds the search icon. But it also takes the user to the first element of the ListView which is really annoying.

Is there a way to include the search icon AND not force focus to the ListView?

EDIT:

By request, my EditText xml. Sorry in advance if I mess up the formatting somehow.

<EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/editSearchWord"
        android:imeOptions="actionSearch|normal"
        android:inputType="text"
        android:drawableLeft="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"/>

edited Mar 16 '16 at 14:55

asked Mar 15 '16 at 04:38

Paul

post your edittext xml code – Ravi Gadipudi Mar 15 '16 at 05:15
Maybe you can add a view that will steal the focus from the list. like this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8756105/588532 – Uriel Frankel Mar 15 '16 at 10:54
I don't want to clear focus from the ListView, I want the focus to never leave the EditText. – Paul Mar 16 '16 at 14:57

Android Search icon on keyboard WITHOUT moving to next element

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