Justin,
Content Finder is a convenient and effective tool to search through content. And the auto-complete function that you mention among future plans would make it even easier to use. As a matter of fact, I took the initiative, and implemented this feature as an experiment. I will be posting a patch for your review shortly. Please let me know if this is something you would be interested in as a potential addition to the module.
Thanks,
Gergely
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | contentfinder-autocomplete-1164668-1.patch | 5.65 KB | glekli |
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Comment #1
glekli commentedThe attached patch adds auto-complete to the search field. Initially auto-complete is based on keywords (axes), and when a keyword is present, auto-complete is based on its possible values.
When 'type:' is entered, it auto-completes existing node types; for 'status:', it auto-completes 'published' and 'unpublished'. For date searches, auto-complete suggests the current and 2 previous years, when day and month is entered. This logic may be changed as needed.
A possible addition would be to auto-complete for node titles for 'like:', or when no keyword is present.
Gergely
Comment #2
jemond commentedThanks for working on this! When I apply the patch and test locally, I get this error when I start to type "typ"
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Comment #3
glekli commentedDid this appear in a pop-up window? It looks like the autocomplete callback returns html, instead of json. I suspect the path does not point to the correct callback function. Does a menu rebuild do any good?
Comment #4
jemond commentedThis was totally my fault! Doh! I didn't clear cache. Fixed. This is working great. Committing shortly. I just need to refine the layout of the clear buttons.
Comment #5
jemond commentedLooks good. Closing issue. Thanks again for this excellent patch!
Comment #6
jemond commentedOne thing: It seems like you have to hit enter twice, if you hit enter before the callback completes. Can this be avoided?
Comment #7
glekli commentedI am not sure we have easy control over that, since the autocomplete function is handled by Form API.
There is a discussion, however, that covers this and offers a script that might prevent it from happening: http://drupal.org/node/573574