update "Filter by name" to use wildcard filter

4 months ago (edited)
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related to the following suggestion that has been successfully implemented ,, Fixed "Filter by name" limitation https://ext.to/suggestions/87/

prior to completing change 87 above , the Filter by name filter was a wildcard search ,, so the previous "Filter by name" had a separate and useful function compared to the main searchbar which uses a stricter exact phrase search

example of old behavior pattern ,,

1. using the main searchbar to find movie, eg Cast Away (2000) ,, search term: cast away 2000 1080p
2. on resulting page , typing 265 in the Filter by name function could be used to filter results that contained strings like h265 OR x265 OR HEVC-h265 OR HEVC-x265

example of new behavior pattern ,,

1. use main searchbar : cast away 2000 1080p 
2. on resulting page , typing 265 in the Filter by name function will not display results with the string h265 , x265 , or anything with 265 joined to any character

seeing as the Filter by name now duplicates the main search functionality , I suggest changing Filter by name's behavior to be a wildcard search again if possible ,, this would provide another powerful , alternate tool to the site's existing excellent search/filtering arsenal

thank you !

edit , there seems to be some fuzzy search capabilities ,, when searching 1080 , results with 1080p do appear ,, but for some reason Filter by name with 265 still doesn't show results with x265 in the name

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