129687 - use "contains" instead of "begin with" for url bar autocomplete

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Autocomplete, enhancement)

Description

[Frank Tang]

This is a enhancement suggestion. Not high priority for nsbeta1 nor m1.0. Should
be consider post m1.0 work.
Currently, the algorithm used for list the autocomplete menu in the url bar
seems a modified version of "begin with" matching . So if I type "bugzilla", it
will list all url "http://bugzilla" I typed before. It will be nice if we can
change that algorithm to "contains" so if I type "bugzilla", it will still list
all url "http://bugilla" but if I type 12345 it will list all url which have
"12345" in it. In this way I can get my bugzilla bug faster. 
For normal user, I can still think this is a good enhancement, for example, if I
visit netscape home page and put "aol" into the stock quote, and later I can
type "aol" in the url bar and it will list the 
http://pfquotes.netscape.com/finance/quotes/myquotes.tmpl?symbol=aol&
in the autocomplete menu.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Just as far as bugs go and for now, you could set up a custom keyword so you can
type "b 12345", hit enter, and be taken to bug 12345

Comment 2

[Nikitas Liogkas]

This feature is now implemented by the Autocomplete Manager extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2300

Comment 3

[Philip Chee]

Fixed by the new Smart Location bar autocomplete.