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What is the goal of this PR and why is this important?

  • Admin events and visits pages used full-page-reload form submissions for filtering, making them slow and cumbersome to use
  • Converts both pages to use the same dynamic Turbo Frame + Stimulus collection controller pattern already used by stories
  • Incorporates the resource name, props, and event name filters from Add visit ID and props filters to activity events #1348

How did you approach the change?

  • Split each page into a shell (form + turbo frame) and lazy-loaded results partial, matching the stories pattern
  • Controller branches on turbo_frame_request? — renders shell on initial load, results partial on frame requests
  • Extracted filtering logic into apply_event_filters / apply_visit_filters private methods
  • Added sortable column headers (time/name/user for events, started_at/user/events_count for visits)
  • Text inputs auto-submit with debounce via the existing collection Stimulus controller
  • Select/checkbox inputs auto-submit immediately on change
  • Added skeleton loaders for loading state and blur-on-submit UX
  • Added filtered/total count display (e.g. "23/150")
  • Added filter badges to the active filters subheader for event name, resource name, visit ID, and props

UI Testing Checklist

  • Navigate to admin Activities > Events — skeleton loads, then results appear
  • Type in Event Name — results filter dynamically after debounce
  • Type in Resource Name — filters by resource_title in properties JSON
  • Type in Props — searches across full properties JSON blob
  • Enter Visit ID — filters to that specific visit
  • Change User dropdown — immediate re-filter
  • Change Audience checkboxes — immediate re-filter
  • Change Time Period dropdown — immediate re-filter
  • Set From/To dates — filters by date range
  • Click sortable column headers (Time, Event, User) — sorts within frame
  • Click pagination — stays within frame
  • Click "Clear filters" — resets all inputs and reloads
  • Navigate to Visits tab — same dynamic behavior
  • Sort visits by Started, User, Events count
  • Combine multiple filters — all work together
  • Filter badges appear in subheader on charts page when filters are active

Anything else to add?

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maebeale and others added 25 commits March 6, 2026 06:01
@maebeale @claude
Add resource name, visit ID, and props filters to activity events
5d5dbe3 
Adds three new search fields to the admin activities events page:
- Resource Name: text search on resource_title in event properties JSON
- Visit ID: integer filter on visit_id (backend existed, adds UI)
- Props: full-text search across the entire properties JSON blob

Also adds filter badges to the active filters subheader and preserves
new params in quick range links.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Convert events and visits to dynamic Turbo Frame search
f399208 
Replace full-page-reload filtering with the same Turbo Frame + Stimulus
collection controller pattern used by stories. Filters now auto-submit
with debounce on text input and immediate submit on select/checkbox
changes. Adds sortable columns, skeleton loaders, and filtered/total
count display. Incorporates resource name, props, and event name filters
from #1348.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Move audience and time period to page header
b6a7665 
Match the counts/charts layout by placing audience dropdown and time
period select in the top-right header area with their own form. Search
filter form carries these values as hidden fields so turbo frame
requests preserve them.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Use MySQL ->> operator for resource_title JSON search
5d18670 
Switches from JSON_UNQUOTE(JSON_EXTRACT(...)) to the ->> shorthand
for more reliable JSON path extraction.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Merge parent PR #1348 and adopt ->> JSON operator
00ff7cb 
Resolve merge conflicts by keeping the dynamic search refactor and
adopting the MySQL ->> shorthand operator for JSON extraction from
the parent branch.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Update filter badges dynamically via turbo_stream.replace
31bbe86 
Wrap active_filters_subheader in an identifiable div so turbo stream
can replace it on each search. Search box filters (event name, resource,
visit ID, props, user) now appear as chips alongside the existing time
period and audience badges. Also add user filter badge.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Add from/to date chips matching time period color
6574e0d 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Auto-submit date fields on change
a43ed81 
Date inputs have type="date" which the collection controller doesn't
handle, so add explicit onchange to trigger form submission when a
date is picked.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Handle date and number inputs in collection controller
b1204a6 
Add date to the change handler and number to the input handler so the
Stimulus controller auto-submits for all input types. Remove redundant
inline oninput/onchange attributes from the views. Also clear date and
number fields in clearAndSubmit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Fix trailing comma syntax errors in events and visits views
c0b6931 
Remove trailing commas left after inline oninput/onchange attributes
were removed, which caused ActionView::SyntaxErrorInTemplate.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Reorder filter chips and search fields, add dismissible X buttons
5d26c0e 
- Chip order: audience → time period → from/to dates → search filters
- Move date fields to left of search form (next to time period)
- Add X buttons on all chips to dynamically remove filters
- New filter_chip Stimulus controller handles chip dismissal

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Move filter chips below search boxes and above count row
8ac081e 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Change 'Filtering' label to 'Filters applied'
5303bf4 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Add placeholder text to date fields and user dropdown
54ed660 
- Date fields: "Start date" / "End date" placeholders
- User dropdown: "Select user..." prompt
- Add focus ring classes to date fields for consistency

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Style select placeholder text as grey when blank option is selected
51e1b75 
Uses CSS :has() to detect when the empty-value option is checked
and applies grey text color, matching text input placeholder styling.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Use Tailwind classes for select placeholder styling instead of custom…
7214f9a 
… CSS

- Remove custom CSS :has() rules
- Add text-gray-400/text-gray-900 toggle in collection controller
- Conditionally apply text-gray-400 in ERB for initial render

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Match placeholder grey across all search inputs (text-gray-500)
82de604 
- Change select and date placeholders from text-gray-400 to text-gray-500
  to match browser default placeholder color in text inputs
- Add text-gray-500 conditional class to date inputs when empty
- Generalize stylePlaceholder() in collection controller for both
  selects and date inputs

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Grey out date picker calendar icon when input is empty
1d918cd 
Uses opacity on ::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator to match
the grey placeholder text styling.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Make date selector fields slightly wider (flex-[1.3])
1b0bf8b 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Make date picker calendar icon always grey
14c53fc 
Remove the .text-gray-500 condition so the icon stays grey
regardless of whether a date is selected.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Adjust search field widths, rename Resource Name to Resource Title
9968ce4 
- Date selectors: flex-[1.3] → flex-[1.1] (slightly thinner)
- Visit ID: flex-1 → flex-[0.7] (thinner)
- Resource Title: flex-1 → flex-[1.2] (wider), renamed from Resource Name
- Update table column header and filter chip label to match

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Add autocomplete=off on individual search inputs
e228de4 
Browsers often ignore autocomplete=off on the form tag, especially
for fields named 'name'. Adding it to each input prevents autofill.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Add data-lpignore to Event Name field to prevent LastPass icon
8048635 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Add data-form-type=other and data-lpignore to search forms
cbcdad5 
LastPass ignores data-lpignore on individual inputs when it
detects a 'name' field. Adding these attributes at the form
level tells LastPass this is not a login/identity form.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@maebeale @claude
Improve activities search UI and add cross-linking between events/visits
f12a04f 
- Rename event_name param, case-insensitive resource title search
- Add duration column to visits table, make resource title clickable
- Cross-link visit IDs from events and event counts from visits
- Add checkbox-select and header-form Stimulus controllers
- Standardize audience/time period dropdowns across all activity pages
- Improve search field layout, placeholders, responsive wrapping
- Add filter chip controller registration and audience default handling

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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