search: Highlight matches in content and topic
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- Dart
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Description
Web highlights matches in the topic and content when you search:
We should do the same.
Implementation
See match_content and match_subject in the API doc: https://zulip.com/api/get-messages
See "Sub-issues" in the issue metadata.
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- 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 reviewing the existing message-search implementation and the Zulip get-messages API documentation, especially match_content and match_subject. Compare the current search result presentation with the screenshot; done means matches in message content and topics are visibly highlighted as in the web app.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- dart, flutter
- Domain
- mobile-dev, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100