Can't create the tag pages:8 if pages:85 is remembered in localStorage about client HOT 3 CLOSED

The behavior is such that the tags are ordered by frequency of use and then by lexical asc. So, by testing this specific case, you are putting pages:85 at a higher rank. Seems there could be some usability improvements to help the user understand this better. But functionally, I think it is working as designed.

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Yeah. For some reason I expected that hitting Enter after typing pages:8 would force that choice but of course once a completion list appears Enter selects from it.

The interesting question is: Why in the world would I have expected that? Especially given that I have loads of experience using this control.

I think it's because I'd gotten into a flow where I was repeatedly tagging with pages:NN and it just happened to be the case that, up to a point, it was never necessary to navigate the completion list, because the first choice was always the right one.

Until it wasn't.

Weird.

from client.

Well, I don't think that is a wrong expectation. It seems the experience makes some big assumptions about how the user intends to use service. I imagine that is backed by some data somewhere. But it would be very interesting to know the hit/miss ratio on that feature

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