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Prefix tag typing
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finchiyApr 20, 2025
As of now, when I want to add a tag to a book, it matches the typed string in the entirety of the words ("fulltext"), instead of their beginnings.
Example: starting to type "bo" will keep listing all the tags having "bo" in them like "notebook", "nabokov", etc. instead of showing "botanical" which starts with those letters.
I always have to type the entire tag for it to appear without scrolling. Would love for that to change!
ui/ux
Comments
I'm not sure if there are plans to implement this change at some point, but I personally would prefer the search pattern to remain contains instead of starts with.
I use prefixes in my tags to organize them (trope-, theme-, etc.). So I like that, for example, I only have to type "fri" for my trope-friends-to-lovers tag to appear in top results. But if the search pattern were to change to starts with, then I would have to type "trope-fri" before the tag would show up.
Also, in the "bo" example, typing one additional letter, "bot", would eliminate both "notebook" and "nabokov" from the results and, depending on your other tags, would likely show "botanical" near the top without having to scroll.