Meteor-Community-Packages / Meteor-Community-Packages/meteor-autocomplete

Optionally sort first matches starting with the query string

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CoffeeScript
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Description

Generally, users start typing the beginning of a word or a string. For instance, at the demo page, if I type AS, I'm more likely to be looking for ASBESTOS, rather than ACID WASTE (the example is in stark contrast to the nice fruity one on the left, but that's a different issue ;)

This "preferential matching" is mentioned briefly in the README, but it requires client side support besides a custom publish function. My initial commit implemented it on both sides, and with the added wisdom since, I can submit a patch to bring that option back in a simpler way.

As a further enhancement, records containing the query string starting from a word boundary could be prioritized between those that start with the query string, and the rest (e.g. D should prefer boiler blow Down to aciD vent.

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Research direction

Start by reading the README's preferential matching note and the linked demo page, then inspect how matching and custom publish functions work on the client and server. Done means an optional setting prioritizes records beginning with the query, with word-boundary matches optionally ranked between prefix matches and the rest.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
coffeescript
Domain
full-stack, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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