[PR feedback] Change searchPlainText prop name to searchFormat

src-docs/src/views/tables/in_memory/in_memory_search.tsx

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export default () => {
   const [incremental, setIncremental] = useState(false);
   const [filters, setFilters] = useState(false);
   const [contentBetween, setContentBetween] = useState(false);
-  const [searchPlainText, setSearchPlainText] = useState(false);
+  const [textSearchFormat, setTextSearchFormat] = useState(false);
 
   const search: EuiSearchBarProps = {
     box: {
@@ -162,17 +162,17 @@ export default () => {
         />
         <EuiSwitch
           label="Plain text search"
-          checked={searchPlainText}
-          onChange={() => setSearchPlainText(!searchPlainText)}
+          checked={textSearchFormat}
+          onChange={() => setTextSearchFormat(!textSearchFormat)}
         />
       </EuiFlexGroup>
       <EuiSpacer size="l" />
       <EuiInMemoryTable
         tableCaption="Demo of EuiInMemoryTable with search"
-        items={searchPlainText ? usersWithSpecialCharacters : users}
+        items={textSearchFormat ? usersWithSpecialCharacters : users}
         columns={columns}
         search={search}
-        searchPlainText={searchPlainText}
+        searchFormat={textSearchFormat ? 'text' : 'eql'}
         pagination={true}
         sorting={true}
         childrenBetween={

src/components/basic_table/in_memory_table.test.tsx

@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ describe('EuiInMemoryTable', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('plain text search', () => {
+  describe('text search format', () => {
     it('allows searching for any text with special characters in it', () => {
       const specialCharacterSearch = '!@#$%^&*(){}+=-_hello:world"`<>?/👋~.,;|';
       const items = [
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ describe('EuiInMemoryTable', () => {
       const { getByTestSubject, container } = render(
         <EuiInMemoryTable
           items={items}
-          searchPlainText
+          searchFormat="text"
           search={{ box: { incremental: true, 'data-test-subj': 'searchbox' } }}
           columns={columns}
         />

src/components/basic_table/in_memory_table.tsx

@@ -81,14 +81,17 @@ type InMemoryTableProps<T> = Omit<
    */
   search?: Search;
   /**
-   * If passed as true, search ignores all filters and EQL syntax, and anything
-   * typed into the table search bar is treated as plain text.
+   * By default, tables use `eql` format for search which allows using advanced filters.
    *
-   * This functionality allows users to search for strings with special characters
-   * such as quotes, parentheses, and colons, which are normally otherwise
-   * reserved for EQL syntax.
+   * However, certain special characters (such as quotes, parentheses, and colons)
+   * are reserved for EQL syntax and will error if used.
+   * If your table does not require filter search and instead requires searching for certain
+   * symbols, use a plain `text` search format instead (note that filters will be ignored
+   * in this format).
+   *
+   * @default "eql"
    */
-  searchPlainText?: boolean;
+  searchFormat?: 'eql' | 'text';
   /**
    * Configures #Pagination
    */
@@ -298,6 +301,7 @@ export class EuiInMemoryTable<T> extends Component<
   static defaultProps = {
     responsive: true,
     tableLayout: 'fixed',
+    searchFormat: 'eql',
   };
   tableRef: React.RefObject<EuiBasicTable>;
 
@@ -545,12 +549,12 @@ export class EuiInMemoryTable<T> extends Component<
   };
 
   renderSearchBar() {
-    const { search, searchPlainText } = this.props;
+    const { search, searchFormat } = this.props;
     if (!search) return;
 
     let searchBar: ReactNode;
 
-    if (searchPlainText) {
+    if (searchFormat === 'text') {
       const _searchBoxProps = (search as EuiSearchBarProps)?.box || {}; // Work around | boolean type
       const { schema, ...searchBoxProps } = _searchBoxProps; // Destructure `schema` so it doesn't get rendered to DOM
 
@@ -695,7 +699,7 @@ export class EuiInMemoryTable<T> extends Component<
       tableLayout,
       items: _unuseditems,
       search,
-      searchPlainText,
+      searchFormat,
       onTableChange,
       executeQueryOptions,
       allowNeutralSort,

upcoming_changelogs/7175.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- Updated `EuiInMemoryTable` with a new `searchPlainText` prop. This boolean flag allows the built-in search bar to ignore EQL syntax and search for plain strings with special characters and symbols.
+- Updated `EuiInMemoryTable` with a new `searchFormat` prop (defaults to `eql`). When setting this prop to `text`, the built-in search bar will ignore EQL syntax and allow searching for plain strings with special characters and symbols.
 
 **Bug fixes**