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Usability enhancements to system/lib-admin.php(ADMIN_list)


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bitter

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Hi All,

In writing a few plugins, I use the call ADMIN_list() quite often to generate a quick table with all the good-stuff, clickable headers, paging, search criteria: neat stuff. In writing these, I have made two changes that I would like to raise for consideration of inclusion to the core-code. If you agree, let me know the best way of submitting the changes.

Highlighting Search Terms for greater user feedback
I was lacking the ability to highlight the search term on the result set to help the user locate the information. I found COM_highlightQuery() and my prayers were answered. I changed:

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line 390 :    $fieldvalue = $A[$fieldname]; # yes, get its data
 

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line 390 :    $fieldvalue = COM_highlightQuery($A[$fieldname],$_REQUEST['q']); # yes, get its data
 


Better Searching
When I enter a search term into ADMIN_list() the code behind it wants me to be exact, or use * to go for wild cards, so at the moment 'Aus' will not match 'Australia' unless I type 'Aus*'.
Not sure if I have really fixed this in the right place; it might be better to do so in the SQL, however I have done it in PHP. Comments appreciated if this is a bad thing.

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line 275 :   $query = str_replace ('*', '%', $query);
 

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line 275 :   $query = '%' . $query . '%';
 


so now we wildcard match.

Both of these updates to system/lib-admin.php(ADMIN_list) have made the usability of my plugins much better and I would like these changes to be considered for all GL users. It's now open to you for feedback and if you like it, tell me the process for submission.

Cheers.
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Dirk

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Searching without the '*' is already in 1.4.1b1.

bye, Dirk
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