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autocomplete keywords

madjr - April 18, 2007 - 19:11
Project:Live Search
Version:HEAD
Component:Miscellaneous
Category:feature request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:won't fix
Description

this is an excellent module and i would love if drupal.org search page had this integrated , would save people so much time with their searches.

a nice feature to add would be to automatically show a list of keywords as you type (similar to the auto complete tags in drupal or the search function in Drupal´s Api page). There would also be an option to disable "auto search results" and just show a list of keywords.

Anyway great work :D

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#1

kourge - April 19, 2007 - 02:30

First of all, thanks for the feedback ;)

However, there are two things to consider regarding keyword suggestion:

  1. How will the user interface be exposed? Added on top of the search results that the user actually typed, how (and where) will the suggested keyword(s) be placed in the user interface? And how will the user easily select it? By keyboard, or by mouse? This is an issue to ponder about.
  2. How are suggested keywords drawn from the system? Drupal's search.module provides no easy mechanism (and API) to pull out previously searched keywords and how popular they are. Sure, watchdog entries can be queried and parsed, but that is very likely to put a lot of strain on the system.
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#2

kourge - January 26, 2008 - 23:59
Status:active» won't fix
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