[material-ui][Autocomplete] click on helperText inside of Autocomplete component triggers input focus/option selection

[AndreyOstrovnev]

Steps to reproduce

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Steps:

1. Click on helper text area to focus autocomplete input

helper text area:

Current behavior

Autocomplete input is focused, option selection area is opened

Expected behavior

I'm expecting nothing should happen, clicking underneath input should not cause input focus

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Search keywords: Autocomplete

[imran-yasin]

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Hi, @AndreyOstrovnev

I've use the propagation method to stop the parent (Autocomplete) from reacting when you click on the child ( that is the TextField ). Now nothing should happen, clicking underneath input. Thanks

[ZeeshanTamboli]

Thanks for the solution, @imran-yasin.

@AndreyOstrovnev, the issue occurs because the helper text is rendered within the Text Field component (using the FormHelperText component). Therefore, clicking on the helper text is treated as clicking on the Text Field itself. Following @imran-yasin's solution to stop the event propagation should resolve this issue. If that doesn't work, consider rendering the input component and FormHelperText component separately in the renderInput callback of the Autocomplete.

[AndreyOstrovnev]

Hi @imran-yasin, thanks for the solution but your fix disables the event only on text. The content of helperText is wrapped in "p" tag which is still causes focus on input. So clicking right next to helper text will still trigger focus event. E.g. here:

[imran-yasin]

@AndreyOstrovnev Thank you for pointing that out! To prevent the focus event from being triggered when clicking next to the helper text, we need to apply the event handler to the entire helper text area, including the surrounding p tag

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[AndreyOstrovnev]

@imran-yasin I got your idea of fixing it, thanks for helping! There are still some places when the background area is clickable because p tag you added doesn't exactly match with outer tag added by MUI: <p class="MuiFormHelperText-root MuiFormHelperText-sizeMedium MuiFormHelperText-contained css-1wc848c-MuiFormHelperText-root" id="combo-box-demo-helper-text"> .... I achieved the expected behavior by moving out helper text completely out of Autocomplete component at the same level as a sibling. But the thing is for me it looked like a workaround of existing behavior.

[AndreyOstrovnev]

Hi @ZeeshanTamboli, since the issue is closed, I'm assuming there is no unexpected behavior and no plan to fix it?

[ZeeshanTamboli]

@AndreyOstrovnev, upon further consideration, I agree with your assessment. Rendering the helper text separately from the input seems like the best approach. As demonstrated in the following demo: https://mui.com/material-ui/react-text-field/#helper-text, clicking on the helper text does not focus the input. This issue is duplicate of #26153. So I am marking it as a duplicate. Follow #26153 for more updates.