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Template search results list should contain each template's descripton
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Author: turingt

Description:
See this feedback trhead: [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback#Observation_-_Template_Editor_behavior_improved ]

The search results for parameters include each parameter's description, making it easy to select the right one.

But the templates list result contains only the template name, even though the template description is available (it's shown right 'after' a template is selected, so it doesn't help in choosing the right template).

So, add the template description to the search results list.

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51774

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Show template description in the template searchmediawiki/extensions/VisualEditormaster+182 -2
Customize query in gerrit

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 2:02 AM
• bzimport added a project: VisualEditor-EditingTools.
• bzimport set Reference to bz51436.
• bzimport created this task.Jul 16 2013, 1:20 PM
jayvdb added a comment.Jul 22 2013, 3:09 AM

Also typing in 'new' into the New template box returns a list of 10 templates starting with 'new', with no way to scroll through the longer list of templates starting/containing with 'New'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Template:New

More practical, 'New Zealand' or 'New York' only returns 10, and the user may not know the right keyword needed to return better results.

• bzimport added a comment.Jul 22 2013, 2:08 PM

turingt wrote:

Also typing a word only shows template names starting with that word, not containing it, which is a weird search behavior.

If I type "book", template "Cite book" is not shown, which limits the search functionality to be useful only for people who already know template names (i.e. those who don't need it).

Jdforrester-WMF added a comment.Jul 22 2013, 3:40 PM

(In reply to comment #2)

Also typing a word only shows template names starting with that word, not
containing it, which is a weird search behavior.

If I type "book", template "Cite book" is not shown, which limits the search
functionality to be useful only for people who already know template names
(i.e. those who don't need it).

That is a distinct enhancement request; please open a new bug for it.

Thryduulf added a comment.Jul 22 2013, 3:56 PM

(In reply to comment #3)

If I type "book", template "Cite book" is not shown, which limits the search
functionality to be useful only for people who already know template names
(i.e. those who don't need it).

That is a distinct enhancement request; please open a new bug for it.

Is it distinct or is it part of bug 51670?

Jdforrester-WMF added a comment.Jul 22 2013, 4:15 PM

(In reply to comment #4)

(In reply to comment #3)

If I type "book", template "Cite book" is not shown, which limits the search
functionality to be useful only for people who already know template names
(i.e. those who don't need it).

That is a distinct enhancement request; please open a new bug for it.

Is it distinct or is it part of bug 51670?

It's distinct. This is asking for VisualEditor when searching pages (for links), categories (for the category dialog) and templates (for the transclusion dialog) to use an entirely different (and slower) part of MediaWiki's search infrastructure so we can do in-string searching rather than left-string completion.

Thryduulf added a comment.Jul 22 2013, 4:50 PM

Thanks for the explanation, I've now reported it as bug 51822.

Jdforrester-WMF renamed this task from VisualEditor: Template search results list should contain each template's descripton to Template search results list should contain each template's descripton.Nov 24 2014, 2:52 AM
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Change 203459 had a related patch set uploaded (by Mooeypoo):
Show template description in the template search

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/203459

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 10 2015, 8:30 PM
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gerritbot added a comment.Apr 17 2015, 9:28 AM

Change 203459 merged by jenkins-bot:
Show template description in the template search

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/203459

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Verified the fix in Betalabs

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