Author: philinje
Description:
In the release on May 1, the deployment of full-screen search caused a regression whereby full-text search is no longer invoked when the user taps the Search button in the keyboard. It is possible the regression appeared earlier.
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invalid | None | T38710 Search results traffic drop post 5/1 - tracker | |||
| Resolved | None | T38679 Full-text search in mobile site stopped working |
Currently tapping the search icon on the iphone keyboard or pressing enter causes the user to be navigated to the top result
This was introduced to address bug 35528 which this is in conflict with and is not a regression. We should decide on the best behaviour.
Max points out options are
So I've reverted the change in bug 35528 and made it so clicking search/pressing enter/ clicking search button fires a full text search
see https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/7172
On a separate note we might want to change the search suggestions to use a stronger search rather than the prefix search it currently does perform. This would be a slower query but would lead to more results.