[epic] Update autocomplete search box with metadata and remove and delete the old searchSuggest system
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	Feb 3 2016, 10:30 PM

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Let's update the autocomplete search box that is located near the top right of LTR language wikipedias (top left on RTL language wikipedias) to have it be similar to what we currently have on the Wikipedia.org portal page, mobile web and in the mobile apps (this would replace the existing jquery.suggestions possibly by using infused mw.widgets.TitleWidget).

We want to add metadata to the search box - images and wikidata descriptions - as is the norm within other portions of Wikimedia projects.

This would give users:

… a more modern, consistent experience,
… with images (if the PageImages extension is installed), and
… with descriptions (if the WikiBase extensions is installed)
also possibly will help to scrap jquery.suggestions

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The current look and feel of the Wikipedia.org portal, mobile web and iOS mobile app search boxes with metadata:

wikipedia-searchbox-with-etadata.png (882×535 px, 201 KB)

enwiki-mobile-autocomplete-with-metadata.PNG (2×1 px, 153 KB)

wiki-app_autocomplete-with-metadata.PNG (2×1 px, 143 KB)

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	mediawiki/core	master	+21 -17	[WIP][POC][OMGWTFBBQ] Replace the searchSuggest box with an OOUI widget

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Status	Assigned	Task
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Open	None	T85394 Use OOUI suggestions/autocompletion components only (instead of jquery.suggestions, jquery.ui.autocomplete)
Open	None	T125725 [epic] Update autocomplete search box with metadata and remove and delete the old searchSuggest system
Resolved	Jdforrester-WMF	T113677 Make OOjs UI in MediaWiki more lightweight, so that we can load it by default on every page without issue
Resolved	ovasileva	T244392 [GOAL] Deploy the new Vue.js search experience
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Jdforrester-WMF created this task.Feb 3 2016, 10:30 PM

Jdforrester-WMF raised the priority of this task from to Medium.

Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)

Jdforrester-WMF added projects: Reading-Web-Planning, Vector (legacy skin), MonoBook, UI-Standardization.

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Jdforrester-WMF added a subtask: T113677: Make OOjs UI in MediaWiki more lightweight, so that we can load it by default on every page without issue.Feb 3 2016, 10:30 PM

Jdforrester-WMF added projects: Discovery-Search (Current work), Contributors-Team.

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Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 4 2016, 3:16 AM

Ricordisamoa added a subscriber: Ricordisamoa.Feb 4 2016, 9:36 AM

Schnark added a subscriber: Schnark.Feb 4 2016, 10:28 AM

A significant issue i see is that current autocomplete is backed by varnish caching, and TitleWidget is not. The change would need to be done very carefully to keep from blowing everything up

Glaisher added a subscriber: Glaisher.Feb 5 2016, 5:35 PM

This can't be prioritised by the Search Team right now, as we'd want to run an A/B test to be sure of the impact and we don't have the resources to do that at the minute. Moving this into the backlog.

Deskana edited projects, added Discovery-ARCHIVED; removed Discovery-Search (Current work).Feb 5 2016, 7:25 PM

Deskana moved this task from Needs triage to Search on the Discovery-ARCHIVED board.

@Jdforrester-WMF and I discussed this, and an alternative which accomplishes the desired technical effect (scrapping jquery.suggestions) is to make this technical change without the product change of also including images and Wikidata descriptions. There would be some minimal changes for users (slight font change, slight background colour change, etc.) but those are fine to do.

That sounds like the SearchInputWidget Florian was working on (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/255436/). It uses the same opensearch API as backend, too.

matmarex removed a subscriber: matmarex.Feb 5 2016, 7:39 PM

dr0ptp4kt removed a project: Reading-Web-Planning.Feb 6 2016, 3:05 PM

• ggellerman moved this task from Unsorted to Doing… on the UI-Standardization board.Feb 23 2016, 7:33 PM

Volker_E moved this task from Doing… to Unsorted on the UI-Standardization board.Feb 23 2016, 8:38 PM

Change 274328 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester):
[WIP][POC][OMGWTFBBQ] Replace the searchSuggest box with an OOUI widget

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/274328

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 2 2016, 1:44 AM

Isarra edited projects, added MediaWiki-Interface; removed MonoBook, Vector (legacy skin).Apr 7 2016, 1:49 AM

debt mentioned this in T136151: Explore generalising code on wikipedia.org so it can be easily applied to other portals.Jun 14 2016, 8:45 PM

Adding this to the portal backlog.

I've included screenshots of what the existing wikipedia.org portal searchbox results with metadata looks like as well as what we can try as a test on en.wiki and other wiki's if they're up for it - possibly fr.wiki to start with.

existing-wikipedia_metadata_search_results_display.png (759×614 px, 223 KB)

proposed-en.wiki_metadata_search_results_display.png (876×1 px, 523 KB)

debt renamed this task from Replace jquery.suggestions with an infused mw.widgets.TitleWidget on the simpleSearch tool to Replace jquery.suggestions with an infused mw.widgets.TitleWidget on the simpleSearch tool (updating en.wiki for search results with metadata).Jun 16 2016, 5:17 PM

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Jdrewniak mentioned this in T134292: Feedback while searching.Jun 16 2016, 6:15 PM

debt moved this task from needs triage to enhancements on the Discovery-Portal-Backlog board.Jun 30 2016, 3:28 PM

Jdforrester-WMF closed subtask T113677: Make OOjs UI in MediaWiki more lightweight, so that we can load it by default on every page without issue as Resolved.Jul 20 2016, 7:09 PM

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• ksmith mentioned this in T112211: [EPIC] Make search type-ahead better with image and wikidata description on wiki (not on Portal page).Aug 9 2016, 7:20 PM

Moving this ticket to the Search sprint board for future work.

debt moved this task from Incoming to UI on the Discovery-Search (Current work) board.Aug 10 2016, 3:53 PM

Ricordisamoa added a parent task: T85394: Use OOUI suggestions/autocompletion components only (instead of jquery.suggestions, jquery.ui.autocomplete).Jan 29 2017, 6:47 PM

debt renamed this task from Replace jquery.suggestions with an infused mw.widgets.TitleWidget on the simpleSearch tool (updating en.wiki for search results with metadata) to [epic] Update autocomplete search box with metadata.Aug 31 2017, 3:37 PM

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Moving to the backlog board and later column for Search, as this work isn't a priority right now.

I just want to say this is a great idea and if there is any help I can do to make it happen, let me know.

Volker_E added a subscriber: Volker_E.Oct 10 2017, 8:55 PM

Jdrewniak moved this task from Untriaged to Features on the Wikimedia-Portals board.May 8 2018, 8:51 AM

Volker_E removed a project: UI-Standardization.Dec 16 2018, 11:23 PM

EBernhardson moved this task from search-icebox to UI tickets on the Discovery-Search board.Feb 14 2019, 8:46 PM

CBogen lowered the priority of this task from Medium to Low.Aug 27 2020, 9:59 PM

Jdlrobson moved this task from Backlog to autocomplete search on the MediaWiki-Interface board.Oct 27 2020, 5:09 PM

Jdlrobson edited projects, added MediaWiki-Interface (autocomplete search); removed MediaWiki-Interface.

Jdlrobson closed this task as a duplicate of T244392: [GOAL] Deploy the new Vue.js search experience.Jan 13 2021, 8:51 PM

Change 274328 abandoned by Aklapper:

[mediawiki/core@master] [WIP][POC][OMGWTFBBQ] Replace the searchSuggest box with an OOUI widget

Reason:

T125725 is duped into T244392. T244392 is resolved.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/274328

Not a strict duplicate; the removal of the old code isn't done yet, and we don't have a solution for non-Vector users.

TheDJ renamed this task from [epic] Update autocomplete search box with metadata and kill off the old searchSuggest system to [epic] Update autocomplete search box with metadata and remove and delete the old searchSuggest system.Mar 23 2023, 2:29 PM

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