Export Button in SearchControls Module is Active even if the search is not done executing

[cmak]

I have the following sample XML

<module name="Search" layoutPanel="panel_row2_col1">
              <param name="search">my_search</param>
              <module name="HTML" layoutPanel="panel_row2_col1">
                 <param name="html"><![CDATA[<h1> Export</h1>]]></param>
              </module>
              <module name="SearchControls">
                 <param name="sections">export</param>
              </module>
           </module>

I simply have an export button that users can click to export information. If the search takes a significant amount of time, I have to wait for the search to finish before clicking export. However, the button can become active before the search is completed (if it is a long search). If it is clicked prior to the search being completed, nothing is exported. How do I make it so that the export button remains inactive until the search is completed?

[sideview · Accepted solution]

It's a bug. I'll fix it in the next version of Sideview Utils.

If you want an interim fix that will at least make the export button look inactive, you can add this to your CSS:

.SearchControls a.exportResults {
    opacity:0.5;
}
.SearchControls .doneState a.exportResults {
    opacity:1.0;
}

It will only affect the appearance of the button but that might be enough to get people to never click it. In the next release or two of Sideview Utils I will make the button look inactive and also be inactive until the job is complete.

Thank you for the heads up.

[sideview]

The bug was fixed in the SearchControls module, as of Sideview Utils 2.4.5, which released today. http://sideviewapps.com/apps/sideview-utils