fix: make mobile type picker searchable

apps/mobile/src/MobileEditablePropertyPickers.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   toggleMobileNoteTag,
   type MobileNotePropertyPatch,
 } from './mobileNoteProperties'
+import { filterMobilePropertyComboOptions, resolveMobilePropertyComboValue } from './mobilePropertyCombo'
 import { mobilePropertyDisplayValue, type MobilePropertyPickerKey } from './mobilePropertyPicker'
 import { styles } from './styles'
 import { colors } from './theme'
@@ -110,7 +111,12 @@ function EditableTextProperty({
   variant?: 'chips' | 'combo'
 }) {
   const [draft, setDraft] = useState(value)
-  const commitDraft = () => commitTextValue({ current: value, next: draft, onCommit })
+  const commitDraft = () => {
+    const next = variant === 'combo'
+      ? resolveMobilePropertyComboValue({ options: suggestions, value: draft })
+      : draft
+    commitTextValue({ current: value, next, onCommit, onSettled: setDraft })
+  }
 
   return (
     <PropertyPickerSection
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ function EditableTextProperty({
       <View style={styles.propertyPickerOptions}>
         <TextInput
           autoCapitalize="sentences"
+          autoFocus={variant === 'combo'}
           editable={!disabled}
           keyboardType="default"
           onBlur={commitDraft}
@@ -131,6 +138,7 @@ function EditableTextProperty({
           placeholder={placeholder}
           placeholderTextColor={colors.mutedText}
           returnKeyType="done"
+          selectTextOnFocus={variant === 'combo'}
           style={styles.propertyTextInput}
           value={draft}
         />
@@ -138,6 +146,7 @@ function EditableTextProperty({
           ? (
             <PropertyComboOptions
               disabled={disabled}
+              query={draft}
               suggestions={suggestions}
               value={value}
               onSelect={(selected) => {
@@ -348,17 +357,21 @@ function PropertyChipOptions({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
 function PropertyComboOptions({
   disabled,
   onSelect,
+  query,
   suggestions,
   value,
 }: {
   disabled: boolean
   onSelect: (option: string) => void
+  query: string
   suggestions: readonly string[]
   value: string
 }) {
+  const options = filterMobilePropertyComboOptions({ options: suggestions, query })
+
   return (
     <View style={styles.propertyComboBox}>
-      {suggestions.map((option) => {
+      {options.map((option) => {
         const isSelected = isMobileNotePropertySelected({ current: value, option })
 
         return (
@@ -379,6 +392,7 @@ function PropertyComboOptions({
           </Pressable>
         )
       })}
+      {options.length === 0 ? <Text style={styles.propertyComboEmpty}>No matching types.</Text> : null}
     </View>
   )
 }
@@ -445,12 +459,15 @@ function commitTextValue({
   current,
   next,
   onCommit,
+  onSettled,
 }: {
   current: string
   next: string
   onCommit: (value: string) => void
+  onSettled?: (value: string) => void
 }) {
   const normalized = next.trim()
+  onSettled?.(normalized)
   if (normalized !== current) {
     onCommit(normalized)
   }

apps/mobile/src/mobilePropertyCombo.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { filterMobilePropertyComboOptions, resolveMobilePropertyComboValue } from './mobilePropertyCombo'
+
+describe('mobile property combo', () => {
+  const options = ['Note', 'Essay', 'Project', 'Evergreen']
+
+  it('filters options from typed text', () => {
+    expect(filterMobilePropertyComboOptions({ options, query: 'ess' })).toEqual(['Essay'])
+    expect(filterMobilePropertyComboOptions({ options, query: 'e' })).toEqual(['Note', 'Essay', 'Project', 'Evergreen'])
+  })
+
+  it('normalizes exact typed selections to the canonical option label', () => {
+    expect(resolveMobilePropertyComboValue({ options, value: ' essay ' })).toBe('Essay')
+    expect(resolveMobilePropertyComboValue({ options, value: 'Custom' })).toBe('Custom')
+  })
+})

apps/mobile/src/mobilePropertyCombo.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+export function filterMobilePropertyComboOptions({
+  options,
+  query,
+}: {
+  options: readonly string[]
+  query: string
+}) {
+  const normalizedQuery = normalizeComboText(query)
+  if (!normalizedQuery) {
+    return options
+  }
+
+  return options.filter((option) => normalizeComboText(option).includes(normalizedQuery))
+}
+
+export function resolveMobilePropertyComboValue({
+  options,
+  value,
+}: {
+  options: readonly string[]
+  value: string
+}) {
+  const trimmed = value.trim()
+  const exactOption = options.find((option) => normalizeComboText(option) === normalizeComboText(trimmed))
+  return exactOption ?? trimmed
+}
+
+function normalizeComboText(value: string) {
+  return value.trim().toLowerCase()
+}

apps/mobile/src/styles/propertyComboStyles.ts

@@ -27,4 +27,11 @@ export const propertyComboStyles = StyleSheet.create({
   propertyComboOptionTextSelected: {
     color: colors.primary,
   },
+  propertyComboEmpty: {
+    paddingHorizontal: spacing.md,
+    paddingVertical: spacing.sm,
+    color: colors.mutedText,
+    fontSize: 13,
+    fontWeight: '600',
+  },
 })

docs/MOBILE_PROGRESS.md

@@ -515,3 +515,12 @@ Continue Phase 4 as a quality remediation pass before new feature work:
 - `pnpm --filter @tolaria/mobile typecheck` passed.
 - `pnpm --filter @tolaria/mobile test -- src/mobileEditorMessages.test.ts src/mobileWikilinkAutocomplete.test.ts` passed; the mobile test runner executed 61 files / 202 tests.
 - `pnpm --filter @tolaria/mobile exec expo export --platform ios --output-dir /tmp/tolaria-mobile-export-wikilink-autocomplete` passed.
+
+## 2026-05-14 Type Combobox Follow-Up
+
+- Reworked the mobile Type picker into a searchable combobox: opening Type focuses the text field, typing filters available type options, and exact typed matches normalize to the canonical type label.
+- Added empty-state copy for unmatched type searches.
+- Added pure mobile combobox tests for option filtering and canonical exact-match resolution.
+- `pnpm --filter @tolaria/mobile typecheck` passed.
+- `pnpm --filter @tolaria/mobile test -- src/mobilePropertyCombo.test.ts src/mobileNoteProperties.test.ts` passed; the mobile test runner executed 62 files / 204 tests.
+- `pnpm --filter @tolaria/mobile exec expo export --platform ios --output-dir /tmp/tolaria-mobile-export-type-combobox` passed.