Git-point: Make user location listitem trigger a search

[machour]

What Currently Happens?

Currently, when you click on the Location field in a user profile, a Google Map is opened with a pin to that location.

What Would You Like To Happen?

I don't think the current behavior is really interesting. Would we consider instead triggering a search for other users in that location?

[andrewda]

Hey, that's a really good idea! For anyone who wants to take this on: location searches can be performed with the following query: location:"San Francisco, CA" (try it out).

[t-laird]

Hi! I previously commented on a different issue but it looked like the person who had claimed it was still in the process of working through a solution. I would love to take a crack at this one, though!

[housseindjirdeh]

Thanks @t-laird! Please feel free to take this on <3

With that being said - definitely interested in chatting about the functionality a bit. Is the idea that when we press the location field - it navigates to a separate screen that shows "Other users in the same location"?

[t-laird]

Great! My sense of the solution in mind was that clicking the location would navigate to the search screen where there would be an auto populated query with the location as listed under profile info for the user page. That's what I gathered from the previous conversation with @andrewda's suggestion. Here's a screenshot of how it might look, what do you think?

[housseindjirdeh]

@t-laird I think thats an absolutely great idea :) Definitely nicer than creating a new screen entirely 🙌

[skenne21]

Hi there! I’m a first-time contributor and was hoping to help out with this issue. I noticed nobody was assigned to it for a while, but if there’s already a solution in progress I’m happy to try helping out elsewhere. Thanks!