[#47423] - [5.4] Improve substring search in Fancy Select
- Fixed in Code Base
- 17 Apr 2026
- Medium
- Build: 5.4-dev
- # 47423
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- adarshdubey03:fix/fancy-select-substring-search
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Pull Request resolves #44138 .
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Summary of Changes
Improves the search behavior of the Fancy Select field by allowing matches to be found anywhere within option labels, not only near the beginning of the text
This is achieved by increasing the Fuse.js search distance parameter used by the component. The change preserves the existing fuzzy search behavior while making long labels searchable by words appearing later in the string.
No other functionality or configuration is modified
Testing Instructions
Go to Content and then Articles and then New Article
In the Category field, ensure there are categories with long names
Open the dropdown and type a word that appears toward the end of one of the category names
Repeat with words from the beginning, middle, and end of different labels
Verify that results are returned correctly in all cases
Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request
Search results may not appear when the search term matches text located later in the label
Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request
Search matches are found regardless of the term’s position within the label
Link to documentations
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Documentation link for guide.joomla.org:
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No documentation changes for guide.joomla.org needed
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Pull Request link for manual.joomla.org:
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No documentation changes for manual.joomla.org needed
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I have adjusted fuse.js distance to 850 to align with the 255 character category title limit
I have tested this item ✅ successfully on bb62be3
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I have tested this item ✅ successfully on bb62be3
Tested by directly changing the js in joomla-cms\media\system\js\fields
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✅ Final Test before merge with JBT
- Created multiple long, longer and 255-chars category names
- Before PR seen category selection doesn't find words in the end
- Applied PR with Patch Tester and
npm run build:js- All words are found, even in the end of long, longer and 255-chars category names, even with spaces between letters
| Status | Ready to Commit | ⇒ | Fixed in Code Base |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2026-04-17 10:42:33 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | muhme |
Thank you very much @adarshdubey03 for your contribution. Thanks to @exlemor for your support. Thanks to @krishnagandhicode and @MacJoom for testing.
@adarshdubey03 Will / could there be performance issues on large sites with changing distance value? (just a question, completely unsure of consequences)