Current behaviour of autocomplete is to search for the start of a filename
while this is useful but very strict and sometimes not practical

node reference and user reference can search for a match within the name
not only in the beggining

if that was possible it would be great

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#6 filefield_sources-600888.patch3.13 KBantiorario
#7 filefield_source_reference_match.patch2.62 KBquicksketch
#1 filefield_sources_600888.patch798 bytesles lim

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new filefield_sources_600888.patch798 bytes

That's a pretty simple change to the db_query populating the autocomplete field. Here's a patch.

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Works for me. I'll put this in next time I'm working on FileField Sources.

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i kind of would prefer this be an option like cck offers with node references.

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Now that we have #436174: Configuration Options, we can actually make this an option. I agree with drewish, it makes most sense as an option rather than being one or the other.

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new filefield_sources-600888.patch3.13 KB

Since I added this feature by default to my patch in #436174: Configuration Options, I thought I'd work on it and give it an actual configuration option, as quicksketch suggested. Here's the patch. I modified a line in the module, which wasn't saving source settings before.

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new filefield_source_reference_match.patch2.62 KB

Thanks antiorario! I cleaned up the formatting a bit and changed it from being a checkbox to being radio buttons for clarity.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

Status: Needs review » Closed (fixed)

Correcting issue status, see #2125263: Issue status not taken from last comment during D7 migration.