XF 2.2 What is the prefix checkbox for...

[beerForo]

...next to the filter bar in acp. I've never understood it and prefixes are used not in acp. I must be missing something. I've typed in some of my prefixes but nothing happens.

 

[Paul B]

Presumably you mean the template filter?

Checking it returns templates which start with the entered text.

Enter 'page' with and without it checked to see how it works.

 

[beerForo]

I am not sure what you mean by a template filter.

This, on the right where it says Prefix:

 

[Paul B]

Prefix in this context means the content being searched for must match from the start of the string.

Use the template search/filter function to see it in action better.

Or use the text 'user' for the options to see how it works.

 

[beerForo]

Wow, that is really unintuitive but I may be obtuse and I always confused it for actual prefixes that somehow existed in acp.

 

[Paul B]

Prefix and suffix existed long before forums, threads, prefixes, etc.

 

[beerForo]

Yes you also have a feature called Prefix. lol.

 

[beerForo]

I'm sitting here trying to use Prefixes all this time