Implemented Instant Search

[M@rc]

When typing in the search bar, the top results should appear instantly without having to click the search button for results (and there can be a link at the end for the full list). I wouldn't mind if it's an exclusive Enhanced Search feature but it would be great for every XF owner to be able to use it.

 

[⭐ Alex ⭐]

Agreed. I've also suggested we have a quick search bar in forums. Your suggestion would work perfectly with mine.

Thread 'Make Search More Accessible'

Jan 18, 2024

When I'm going to a forum I'm going to do one of three things.

1. Read an unread thread.
2. Search for a thread.
3. Create a thread (which 50% of the time requires searching for an existing one first).

There should be a search bar next to the create quick thread area so that I can instantly search for threads in this forum without having to use the complicated global search.

• ⭐ Alex ⭐
• forum search thread
• Replies: 7
• Forum: XenForo suggestions

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[TPerry]

When typing in the search bar, the top results should appear instantly without having to click the search button for results (and there can be a link at the end for the full list). I wouldn't mind if it's an exclusive Enhanced Search feature but it would be great for every XF owner to be able to use it.

You mean like this?



If so, there's a paid third party add-on for that (as is normal in the XenForo world). And yes, it does require ES to be installed.
Now, yes, I definitely agree it would be nice if it was built in but seriously doubt we will ever see it in the next decade if past history continues...... and I'll simply leave it at that as I don't want the wrath of XF developers to descend upon me.

 

[Chris D]

 

[TPerry]

Are you indicating that these base functions are going to be enabled natively in the future (hopefully near)... or are you acknowledging that it is depending upon third parties to provide these core functions.. because currently the core script does not offer that last time I checked.. which resulted in me having to engage a paid 3'rd party add-on to provide those functions..

 

[Chris D]

Read it as a comment on your vitriolic nonsense.

Oh, look, there's that wrath you predicted.

 

[TPerry]

Read it as a comment on your vitriolic nonsense.

Oh, look, there's that wrath you predicted.

And yet you fail to respond.
Please... does the current utilization of XF ES enable these features... last time I checked, I had to actually use a paid 3rd party add-on to do so... has that changed? If so, I'd certainly like to no longer have to pay the extra monies to do so (which I renewed tonight). So feel free to confirm and I can request a refund of those funds from the 3rd party developer if XF now supports it natively.
Please, elucidate on the ability of native XenForo (even using XF ES) to do so with instructions on how to enable that feature. When I purchased the XF ES add-on, it natively did not do so, requiring me to have to purchase a 3rd party extension to do so. So yes, I'd like to not have to expend the extra monies if this has finally been coded into XFES core.

I realize y'all don't like to be called out... but sometimes reality bites one in the arse. So if you can confirm that this ability (extended as it is beyond the basics available on the XF site) is currently supported natively.. I'll happily cancel my 3rd party add-on subscription.
The current 2.3 offering:


Does that look anything like what I highlighted? And I can guarantee you that the XF site has returns using that search term.
Please.. continue to try to obfuscate the obvious. XF ES fails to offer the ability (as shown by this site) to do the basics as shown by my inserted images and apparently requires 3rd party intervention to do so (which in many ways is a core XF paradigm). It would be nice if the XF developers would deign to grant those abilities to their license holders (even if it required XFES) in the future.

 

[⭐ Alex ⭐]

Why is enhanced search even an addon. Stuff like that should be automatically included in the core software by now. Maybe in 3.0 they can add it into the core.

 

[Chris D]

Why is enhanced search even an addon. Stuff like that should be automatically included in the core software by now. Maybe in 3.0 they can add it into the core.

Enhanced Search is necessary as a separate add-on because it utilises an entirely separate piece of software, Elasticsearch, which is far superior to the only thing we can deliver by default which is MySQL search.

The sheer majority of customers, particularly on shared hosting, do not have the ability to install additional software.

As MySQL search evolves, if it does and where practical, we will always introduce new functionality to the core. But until then, advanced functionality is likely only feasible via Enhanced search.

 

[Paul B]

Implemented in 2.3.

XF 2.3 Thread 'What's new with Enhanced Search, Resource Manager and Media Gallery in XenForo 2.3?'

Apr 17, 2024

Today is the day we sadly have to report that this is the final 'Have you seen...?' thread for XenForo 2.3. While there are still changes planned, these will almost exclusively be changes to existing features, bug fixes and miscellaneous improvements that aren't significant enough for their own thread. But this only brings with it the implication of very good news to come as we start wrapping up the beta process for XenForo 2.3 and rocket towards a stable release as soon as possible.

There's still a lot of work ahead but at the very least we will still be aiming for (almost) weekly...

• Chris D
• Replies: 90
• Forum: Have you seen...?

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