Member search doesn’t work with wildcards

[UTTransplant]

I always expect searches to work with the wildcard * in matches. It doesn’t seem to work here. I used it to try to message a member, and I then tried to search for posts by the member, but *abc* didn’t work (the “abc” part of this is made up to not identify the individual completely, but it was part of a valid username). Am I doing something wrong or is this really broken?

 

[Tom]

I always expect searches to work with the wildcard * in matches. It doesn’t seem to work here. I used it to try to message a member, and I then tried to search for posts by the member, but *abc* didn’t work (the “abc” part of this is made up to not identify the individual completely, but it was part of a valid username). Am I doing something wrong or is this really broken?

Nothing broken. It appears that wildcards are not part of the standard member search.

 

[UTTransplant]

Nothing broken. It appears that wildcards are not part of the standard member search.

Can anything be done for that? There are lots of times I remember part/most of a user name, but not all. It makes it very hard to search posts or send messages.

 

[Tom]

Can anything be done for that? There are lots of times I remember part/most of a user name, but not all. It makes it very hard to search posts or send messages.

I don't know if a software addon is available that would do that. If you know, for example, the first 3 characters of the member name, you can type them in and it kinda acts like there's a wildcard at the end. However, I think it's a bit clunky. If you type in dav, it will display some names beginning with dav. But, if you were searching for a name such as davidxxx, it's not displayed unless you enter davi.

I'll continue looking to see if a software addon is available, then it will be up to 'management' if they wish to purchase & install the addon.