pandaproject/panda — Issue #207: Searches should automatically be wildcarded?
Author: brianboyer
Created: 2011-12-06 21:56:43+00:00
State: open
Labels: ui

Argument: You shouldn't have to put a "*" next to a term to get substring matches. Typing "gros" should find "groskopf".

One way to do this (Ryan's preference) would be to tack a wildcard on to the end of any search:

blue sky => "blue sky*"

Another way (Brian's preference) would be to wildcard every term separately, unless it's wrapped in double quotes. (This is the most Google-like way to do things, IMHO.)

blue sky => *blue* *sky*
"blue" sky => blue *sky*
"blue sky" => blue sky