fix(search): normalize whitespace query handling and add clear button id

[atharv-patki]

Description

This PR adds a Clear Filters button to the SearchFilters component, allowing users to reset all active filters with a single click.

Fixes #70

Type of Change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Documentation update (non-code modifications)

How Has This Been Tested?

• Manual testing (Google Chrome)

  • Applied search, mode, tag, and sort filters.
  • Verified the Clear Filters button appears only when filters are active.
  • Clicked the button and confirmed all filters reset to their default values.
  • Confirmed the event list updates immediately after clearing filters.

• Automated tests added/run (if applicable)

Checklist

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• I have updated the documentation accordingly
• My changes generate no new warnings or console errors
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Whitespace-only search queries are no longer treated as active filters or used to narrow event results.
  • Leading and trailing whitespace is removed from search terms before they are applied, so searches use the entered text consistently.
  • Added an identifier to the “Clear Filters” button for easier targeting.

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Walkthrough

Search filter values are trimmed before query parameters and filter-change events are updated. The page and event filter construction also trim queries. Whitespace-only search values are treated as inactive, and the clear-filters button has an identifier.

Changes

Search filter updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Filter activity and button updates components/SearchFilters.tsx	handleFilterChange trims values before updating query parameters and reporting filter changes. hasActiveFilters treats whitespace-only search text as inactive. The clear-filters button has id="clear-filters-btn".
Query handling and event filtering app/page.tsx, lib/actions/event.actions.ts	Page passes a trimmed query to getAllEvents, or undefined when the query is empty. buildFilter trims the query and skips search conditions for whitespace-only input.

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Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: tarunyaprogrammer

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to be00f

Search queries are normalized consistently, whitespace-only queries do not filter results, and Clear Filters removes the URL parameters. No actionable merge risk remains.

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 3 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #70 requires a Clear Filters button for active search or filters. It also requires clearing the search state and URL parameters. components/SearchFilters.tsx shows the button when trimmed sear…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes support issue #70. components/SearchFilters.tsx trims filter values and treats whitespace-only search text as inactive. app/page.tsx and lib/actions/event.actions.ts treat whitespace…
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes whitespace query handling and the clear-filters button ID change.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes the change summary, issue number, change type, and manual test steps. Automated tests were not run, and some checklist items remain unchecked, but the description is mostly co…

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In `@components/SearchFilters.tsx`:
- Around line 52-55: Normalize the root query before the getAllEvents call in
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result is empty. Keep query handling consistent with the existing /events flow
and the search.trim() behavior in SearchFilters.

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[TarunyaProgrammer]

Thanks for contributing @atharv-patki :)

A few important notes on this PR:

1. Context & Scope:
   The "Clear Filters" button itself was already merged into main via #125 (7dc2a03). As a result, this PR is essentially adding id="clear-filters-btn" and normalizing whitespace queries. Please consider updating the PR title to reflect this (e.g. fix(search): normalize whitespace query handling and add clear button id).

2. Whitespace Edge Case in SearchFilters:
   In SearchFilters.tsx, hasActiveFilters checks search.trim(). If a user types only spaces (e.g. " "), handleFilterChange pushes ?query=%20%20%20 to the URL, but hasActiveFilters evaluates to false. This hides the Clear Filters button while leaving the URL and input with active whitespace.

   • Suggested fix: Trim the value inside handleFilterChange so empty/whitespace strings delete the query param instead of setting it.

3. Cleanup:

   • In app/page.tsx, please remove the inline bot comment // ✅ CodeRabbit fix.
   • Restore the trailing newline at the end of app/page.tsx.
   • Ideally, query trimming should also be handled in buildFilter() in lib/actions/event.actions.ts so all routes and callers benefit consistently.

[atharv-patki]

Hi @TarunyaProgrammer ,
Updated the PR based on the maintainer feedback.

Normalized whitespace query handling
Restored the clear-filters-btn ID
Added query normalization in buildFilter()
Removed the CodeRabbit comment
ESLint passes with 0 errors and 0 warnings

Ready for review. Thank you!