Autocomplete for Messages 'Send to' searches all xprofile fields

[mort3n]

In Messages, field Send to:

Searching all members by

define( 'BP_MESSAGES_AUTOCOMPLETE_ALL', true );

Searches all fields in xprofile data table through

BP_Core_User::search_users()

This often leads to irrelevant results (e.g. type John finds Grace living on John Street).

Expected behaviour is to search only valid information i.e. user names and display names.

PS. Using 1.6.3, but can't choose that version in dropdown below this textfield.

[mort3n]

Can use filter

bp_core_search_users_sql

Still, it makes sense to return expected data as default.

[slaFFik]

I can replicate the issue, we search for xprofile fields, that might be not very relevant.

As I can see in the code - we do that regardless of BP_MESSAGES_AUTOCOMPLETE_ALL value. For friends (when const is not defined, and in case xprofile is activated) we do absolutely the same.

So we need to decide - whether we want/need to rewrite the search here to make it search by user_name, display_name and other names (but exclude profile data), or leave as is.

[boonebgorges]

We probably can't rewrite the way the current search works - it's likely the same code that's used for directory searches, which arguably *should* look at all xprofile fields - but we should add a separate search method for name-fields only.

[DJPaul]

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