Description

Dynamic Search (a.k.a. searchlight or livesearch) and suggest improvements

Description

Aim of the dynamic search is to provided multi-sources typed live search results, content by default being provided by pre-configured lucene sources (example of possible pre-configured sources offered by default : page name and title, attachment content, page content, blog posts, etc.). Results are provided "as you type" in the top right search box, using an enhanced version of the suggest component (that can for instance handle multiple typed search results).

Links

• Suggest UI redesign proposals and discussions : http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/SuggestRedesignProposal

Initial plan proposal

• Suggest UI redesign (look & feel only) : 2.6RC2
• Suggest widget enhancements :
  • Possibility to display multiple typed results (with result type icon and title) : 2.6 RC2
  • Possibility to query results against multiple sources : Facultative for now - should not be needed by the dynamic search
• Dynamic search on top of the search input : 2.7
  • Find a name for it : livesearch ? searchlight ? ...
  • Sources configuration in the administration section
  • Generic lucene source implementation