Username auto-complete using XFES [Paid] 1.5.0

[Xon]

Xon submitted a new resource:

Username auto-complete using XFES - Username auto-complete powered by elasticsearch

• Replace the stock MySQL-powered username autocomplete with Elasticsearch powered version.
  • Supports partial matching, non-prefix search.
  • Autocomplete is tuned for usernames over text phrases compared to ElasticSearch Essential's autocomplete support
  • Better performance than stock when a large number of users exist
• Surfaces additional options to control autocomplete
  • Tuning of how "fuzzy" the search is
  • To skip inactive users, and the threshold to...

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[ivp]

1) It would be nice to have this functionality when searching for username in /login/register form, too.

2) Wondering is it possible to search as prefix only, i.e. to match username starting with some word, instead of matching in the middle of the username as it is now?

 

[Xon]

1) It would be nice to have this functionality when searching for username in /login/register form, too.

XF's username autocomplete (for text entry fields) doesn't really work sanely for something like a new username field in the signup form.

2) Wondering is it possible to search as prefix only, i.e. to match username starting with some word, instead of matching in the middle of the username as it is now?

It tends to prefer a prefix match where possible, tuning the matching is a little tricky without losing useful funcitonality.

 

[ivp]

XF's username autocomplete (for text entry fields) doesn't really work sanely for something like a new username field in the signup form.

Actually I was thinking about /misc/validate-username endpoint, so XF would check if the username exist via your add-on (because it better matches all character variants).

It tends to prefer a prefix match where possible, tuning the matching is a little tricky without losing useful funcitonality.

But it doesn't make mush sense that when typing @mas you see "tomas" in the autocomplete list. It should display usernames starting with "mas" only.

 

[David G]

I found this useful to understand tweaking of the fuzziness: https://dev.to/hernamvel/understanding-and-tuning-fuzzy-queries-in-elasticsearch-by-example-1ci3

 

[Xon]

Xon updated Username auto-complete using XFES with a new update entry:

1.3.0 - Feature update

• Require Standard Library by Xon v1.18.0+
• Add "Block mentions for members of group(s)" option.
  • Removed from front-end user auto-complete
  • Prevents mentioning from sending mention/quote alerts

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[Xon]

Xon updated Username auto-complete using XFES with a new update entry:

1.4.0 - Feature update

• Fix duplicate exponential decay being added for username autocomplete (did not appear to affect results)
  If using Search Improvements v2.11.0+, Username autocomplete now prefers prefix matches
  • Recommend updating Search Improvements to v2.11.0+

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[Xon]

Xon updated Username auto-complete using XFES with a new update entry:

1.4.1 - Bugfix update

• Fix moving a user in/out of a group which blocks mentions didn't force visibility for mentions to be updated
• Fix indexing queue for pushing user last activity into the search index could skip users
• Workaround edge case where a user's with very old last activity record could be updated but was not pushed into the search index

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[Xon]

Xon updated Username auto-complete using XFES with a new update entry:

1.5.0 - Maintenance & bugfix update

• Require StandardLib v1.19.0+
• Require Search Improvements 2.12.0+
• Fix admincp quick search could potentially return the same user multiple times

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