From 054f33edaea36610d61a575842b20fa3ca51a8b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Chilton <jmchilton@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:53:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ListPairs Usability - don't attempt failed auto-pair
 initially.

It results in hiding all the data and a scary red messages when the user did literally nothing wrong. I think this is single biggest issue - it makes it seem like you cannot just manually pair these quickly.
---
 .../components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue b/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
index 343d73a0e5a5..72e5d7ef317f 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Collections/PairedListCollectionCreator.vue
@@ -241,8 +241,11 @@ function initialFiltersSet() {
             illumina++;
         }
     });
-
-    if (illumina > dot12s && illumina > Rs) {
+    // if we cannot filter don't set an initial filter and hide all the data
+    if (illumina == 0 && dot12s == 0 && Rs == 0) {
+        forwardFilter.value = "";
+        reverseFilter.value = "";
+    } else if (illumina > dot12s && illumina > Rs) {
         changeFilters("illumina");
     } else if (dot12s > illumina && dot12s > Rs) {
         changeFilters("dot12s");