Searching by the correct name

  • Resolved teofilss

    (@teofilss)


    5 years, 9 months ago

    Hello, very cool plugin!

    How to make a search engine look only after entering the name? so that it shows one file.

    For example: I have a lot of pdf files. I would like to search for a pdf1 file. It is entered in the pdf search engine. (Currently, a list with all files appears). The search result should be: the file does not exist. As in the search engine, enter pdf1, then the file that I am looking for will be displayed to me.

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  • Plugin Author ndhaddon

    (@ndhaddon)

    Hi Teofliss,

    Thanks for checking out the plugin ??

    The search feature works by filtering the files after a user has started typing so if your files were named PDF1, PDF2, PDF3 etc… it will show all the files until you get to the number. If your files have different names like myFile, aNewFile, anotherFile and so on, it will filter by each letter typed in until you are only presented with a short list of files to choose from.

    That’s what should be happening, are you seeing something else?

    I don’t think that I actually included a ‘File not found’ option in there but it’s not a bad idea. I’ll see what I can do about that when I get the chance.

    Let me know if I have answered your question. If not I’ll do my best to help you out ??

    Cheers mate,

    Nik

    Thread Starter teofilss

    (@teofilss)

    Thank you for the quick reply ??
    Can you disable filtering to search for entire names?
    I have a lot of pdf files. The pdf files have similar names. During the search I would not like the client to see other files.

    Thanks for help !

    Plugin Author ndhaddon

    (@ndhaddon)

    Hi,

    I’m sorry but that functionality is not available for Better File Download.

    My only suggestion is to limit what your clients can name their files, maybe prefixing the file name with the clients login name might work for your situation?

    Apart from that, I can’t help. The plugin works site wide and not by user login.

    Sorry,

    Nik

    Plugin Author ndhaddon

    (@ndhaddon)

    Marking as resolved.

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