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Hi everybody, I want to use the parameter 'prefix=' in my InputBox 'type=fulltext' to limit search within a specific category. I use CirrusSearch as search engine, so it supports queries like 'incategory:[CategoryName]'. So in my Inputbox I would use something like 'prefix=incategory:[CategoryName]'. I tried but in the query results I see it has been searched something like '[wordQueried] prefix:incategory:[CategoryName]'.

I have read in InputBox documentation that this feature was supported just by Lucene; is there any chance to see it working also with other search engines? I think it could be an intersting upgrade for InputBox users. Thanks for your help! Lorenzo

Hi. The "prefix" parameter is just for finding "pages that start with a specific string their name", so won't work for your purpose here.

I think the "default" parameter might be the closest to what you want. Your users will need to (1) Leave the 'default' as it appears, and (2) add a space after the default. But it will work, as long as you use underscores for multi-word category names. E.g. see this revision. Hope that helps.

Hi, thanks for your answer. Yes, the other option is to use the parameter 'default' but I don't like it very much. Is it possible to add this feature for future updates? Thanks, Lorenzo

I've added a comment at the existing feature-request, Phab:T147951. I'm not sure if any developers are actively working on this extension currently, so patches welcome if you know how to code! Otherwise, it may take a long time.

Thanks very much! Unfortunately I am not an actual developer, however I am going to study the source to understand what could be done. Bye!

This is now possible! documentation update, or example:

 

Thanks for the update! This works just for the Mediawiki 1.28 release?

Sadly not. This is for the 1.30+ update only, per the documentation diff link.