Meteor-Community-Packages / Meteor-Community-Packages/meteor-autocomplete
Use different value for saving vs display
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- Dominant language
- CoffeeScript
- Stars
- 350
- Forks
- 106
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Hi
Is there a way to use the _id field of a document for saving to a collection but for searching and displaying, using a different field?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how the autocomplete component currently uses a document's _id for saving, searching, and displaying values. Determine the intended separation between those three uses and document the relevant collection and reactivity entry points; the work is done when the requested behavior and its expected configuration are unambiguous.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- coffeescript
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100