Search with auto-suggest is a type of search that provides the user with relevant suggestions before the search was submitted.
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After entering one character the system will check for suggestions (in case of a technical constraint, suggestion may be shown after 3 characters).
If at least one suggestion was found the autosuggest box will open.
The list will refresh after each additional keystroke.
The list will show up to 8 items with no scroll bar.
Items will be sorted by the frequency, from high to low, yet may change as needed (alphabetically, by relevancy etc.).
No item will be selected by default.
The search is conducted after selecting a suggestion, clicking the search button or hitting the Enter key.
In the search box the user may select an item either by using the mouse or by using the Up and Down keys to navigate between items.
Clicking Esc will exit the list.
Clicking outside the box will close it.
In case no results were found the search box will display:
the text no <items> were found (e.g. categories, employees etc.).
Suggestions for improving the search, for example:
Make sure all words are spelled correctly
Try different keywords
When possible, provide specific solution suited for the specific database. For example, when searching for employees advice to search by ID, or employee number
Misspelled queries should be auto-corrected to the best known query, while allowing to go back to the original query:
In this case, the search box will show the text:
showing results for <corrected term>; Search <original term> instead.
In case the user entered invalid characters (for example, !#$% for text-based values) the search box will display a relevant message instead of the no results found message).
Use when:
the database is medium-large size.
the results need to be retrieved from the backend.
Don’t use when:
The query is applied to a small or simple database → use Live Search instead.
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