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Add autocomplete for "tag searches" input in "Advanced Search" sidebar #3565
Description
Describe the feature you'd like
Hello!
I would like to have a autocomplete function.
We have a Tag called "NOC" and no one from my clients knows which tags are available. So a autocomplete or a list with all tags would be great!
Regards,
Marvin
Describe the benefits this would bring to existing BookStack users
Easier to use for people, who doesn't work with bookstack all day.
Can the goal of this request already be achieved via other means?
i think not
Have you searched for an existing open/closed issue?
- I have searched for existing issues and none cover my fundemental request
How long have you been using BookStack?
0 to 6 months
Additional context
No response
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[-]Autocomplete function[/-][+]Add autocomplete for "tag searches" input in "Advanced Search" sidebar[/+]mahomedh commentedon Jan 10, 2023
I was testing the demo today and this is a feature of wiki.js that's really useful (though I'm considering moving from wiki.js, this is one of the good things).
Maybe the tags searchbox as per the screenshot could be changed to a searchable dropdown box. That way the UI doesn't have to change much, the complete list is there to view/scroll through, and it can be filtered tool.
Another alternative would be a page that lists all the tags, and then you can just click the tags to search/filter by those tags.
ssddanbrown commentedon Jan 10, 2023
@mahomedh We do have this to some degree already: Demo site example
mahomedh commentedon Jan 10, 2023
I came back to add that I came across #3042 that explains just that. It just wasn't very obvious when browsing around the demo site. As far as I can see, the only way to get to that page is from the actions section of the Shelves and Books links at the top.
Wiki.js has the tags link next to the search bar like this
But a similar link could maybe be added below/next to the tags box in the advanced search page. Ideally, the search box on the advanced page could be changed to be the same as the search box used on adding tags to pages/chapters etc. like this:
edit: apologies, no idea why github is blowing up the screenshot images
mahomedh commentedon Jan 11, 2023
@ssddanbrown if it helps, it seems #2829 is the same (and older issue) as this. So maybe merge these suggestions into that issue?
Dipesh-Gangwani commentedon Sep 15, 2023
Hello, is this issue still open? can i contribute to this?
ssddanbrown commentedon Apr 28, 2026
BookStack is now managed on Codeberg.
As part of this change, we're closing all existing GitHub issues and pull requests.
You'll instead find this issue on Codeberg here:
https://codeberg.org/bookstack/bookstack/issues/3565
Any further discussion for this will now be done on Codeberg.
Therefore this GitHub thread will be locked.