The search In vector-2022 and minerva does not lead to the full destination of the redirect when searching for the exact name
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	Xaosflux
	Fri, Apr 12, 8:52 PM

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Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

Go to a page, e.g. https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page?useskin=vector-2022
In the search box type in exactly: Anchor Link Test

What happens?:
You see the result of the exact match of the redirect, instead of the redirect title (see image below)

What should have happened instead?:
You should see the title you matched, and clicking it should take you to the destination of the redirect, including anchor parameters.

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
WMF PROD

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):

See also T346093 which may be the same issue

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Mentioned Here: T303013: Indicate when search results are from redirects (sometimes)
T346093: Redirect names are not suggested in the search box, when $wgCirrusSearchPrefixSearchStartsWithAnyWord = true

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Xaosflux created this task.Fri, Apr 12, 8:52 PM

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Please retitle as appr - I'm suspect this is actually a problem with one back end search software vs another, not with the skin - however the name of the search engine is not readily advertised to report this

Example of it working on whatever the engine that vector is using is:

This is the redirect being used in the example above: https://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anchor_Link_Test&redirect=no

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TJones closed this task as a duplicate of T303013: Indicate when search results are from redirects (sometimes).Mon, Apr 15, 2:55 PM

Showing the canonical page title in the suggestion was a design decision that was made for Vector 2022, though it can be confusing when the full title isn't obviously related to the redirect title. T303013 has some potential heuristics for deciding when to show the redirect info. Feel free to chime in over there if you don't feel like your use case would be covered (the specific artificial example here would be covered).

retitled, reopened - OK so "display" part is maybe covered else where, but the follow part isn't covered there. If a redirect goes to:

#REDIRECT [[Page#Anchor]] - going to it should still lead you to the Anchor, not to #top of that page - as is being done here.

In T362442#9714689, @Xaosflux wrote:

#REDIRECT [[Page#Anchor]] - going to it should still lead you to the Anchor, not to #top of that page - as is being done here.

Ah, that's a valid concern. Thanks for reopening. Sorry I focused on the title vs redirect title.

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The search In vector-2022 and minerva does not lead to the full destination of the redirect when searching for the exact nameOpen, Needs TriagePublicBUG REPORTActions

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The search In vector-2022 and minerva does not lead to the full destination of the redirect when searching for the exact name
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