Support RealName in search-by-name widgets at admin/user/ms_memberships

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Bob Newby
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1. ENHANCEMENT REQUEST:

The admin pages:

- admin/user/ms_memberships
- admin/user/ms_memberships/members

allow searching for a member by user id.

The contrib module RealName is heavily used, including by my site. Modules such as the Private Messages module incorporate RealNames in their search widgets, along with user ids. I would attach a screen shot of this if I could. An illustration, however, is that if I enter "Tom" the widget's select list might show:

- Tom Jones (tjones)
- Tomcat Williams (wilycat21)
- Atom Ant (aa bomber)
- etc.

In other words, it lists each match using the pattern:

- ()

For MS Membership, I strongly prefer being able to search for someone's account using his or her RealName (such as "Bob Newby"), as opposed to using their user id (e.g., "rnewby8932z"). To search by user id requires I first look it up, in which case I might as well consult that user's Membership tab on their account.

So, this will be a very helpful if minor enhancement.

2. ASSOCIATED BUG:

The search widget in question seems to search beyond the scope of users' identifying information. For example, if I enter "Jim", on my site it also turns up:

- Jim Robinson's Workspace (Australia)

This is of course not desirable.

Cheers,

Bob

Leighton Whiting
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Joined: 06/02/2009
Bob, 1. I like the idea, I've

Bob,

1. I like the idea, I've never heard of the RealNames module before, but it looks like a good tool. I'll see if I can add support to it. In the mean time, can you attach the screenshot you mentioned?

2. I'm not sure if I understand what you are meaning here. Which search widget is producing the bug you reported? And is there any way you can screenshot that too? Pictures are worth 1000 words :)

Sincerely,
Leighton Whiting

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