Last modified: 2014-03-01 00:15:41 UTC
See this feedback trhead: [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback#Observation_-_Template_Editor_behavior_improved ] The search results for parameters include each parameter's description, making it easy to select the right one. But the templates list result contains only the template name, even though the template description is available (it's shown right 'after' a template is selected, so it doesn't help in choosing the right template). So, add the template description to the search results list.
Also typing in 'new' into the New template box returns a list of 10 templates starting with 'new', with no way to scroll through the longer list of templates starting/containing with 'New' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Template:New More practical, 'New Zealand' or 'New York' only returns 10, and the user may not know the right keyword needed to return better results.
Also typing a word only shows template names starting with that word, not containing it, which is a weird search behavior. If I type "book", template "Cite book" is not shown, which limits the search functionality to be useful only for people who already know template names (i.e. those who don't need it).
(In reply to comment #2) > Also typing a word only shows template names starting with that word, not > containing it, which is a weird search behavior. > > If I type "book", template "Cite book" is not shown, which limits the search > functionality to be useful only for people who already know template names > (i.e. those who don't need it). That is a distinct enhancement request; please open a new bug for it.
(In reply to comment #3) > > If I type "book", template "Cite book" is not shown, which limits the search > > functionality to be useful only for people who already know template names > > (i.e. those who don't need it). > > That is a distinct enhancement request; please open a new bug for it. Is it distinct or is it part of bug 51670?
(In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #3) > > > If I type "book", template "Cite book" is not shown, which limits the search > > > functionality to be useful only for people who already know template names > > > (i.e. those who don't need it). > > > > That is a distinct enhancement request; please open a new bug for it. > > Is it distinct or is it part of bug 51670? It's distinct. This is asking for VisualEditor when searching pages (for links), categories (for the category dialog) and templates (for the transclusion dialog) to use an entirely different (and slower) part of MediaWiki's search infrastructure so we can do in-string searching rather than left-string completion.
Thanks for the explanation, I've now reported it as bug 51822.
