Tag autocomplete when adding tag to item could be better

b0c5

When I want to add a tag to an item, I get autocomplete suggestions only for tags that contain what I have typed at the beginning.

It would be nice to extend this, such that tags that match partially anywhere in the tag name are also suggested.

For example, currently, I have the following tag name in my library: "Transcription_Factor"

If I attempt to add a tag to an item, and start typing "Transcrip...", I get the useful autocomplete suggestion "Transcription_Factor". However, if I typed instead "Factor", I never get the suggestion for "Transcription_Factor".

b0c5

The Filter Tags search box in the tags panel however has the behavior I prefer. There, if I type "factor", it shows the tag "Transcription_Factor".

Could this behavior be ported to the input box used to add a new tag to an item?

podz99

+1 ... This would be extremely useful. Nested tags would be nice too :)

Thanks to the devs for all the hard work... Zotero 7 is great.

moore.709

I was just coming to see if this had been done yet . . . there was talk of it being in I think 6 as a popular ask.
Now I see we're at 7 . . . . . . .
is the Add Tag autocomplete like this now? search any part of tags, like the tag filter area?

b0c5

@moore.709 It is not yet, I am on 7.

But 7 is great nonetheless! Though this would be a nice tiny improvement :)

moore.709

soooo nice . . . I am always searching first in the filter area and it burns a lot of time