https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29069
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Bug #: 29069
Summary: Default option for pressing "Enter" in search box on
Wikimedia Commons
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Site requests
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
See bug 17471. Basically, per consensus at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2009/02#Default_our_search_box_to_.22Search.22_instead_of_.22Go.22
the system was modified so that hitting return on the keyboard uses the
"Search" function rather than "Go." This makes a lot of sense for an image
database where you rarely know the particular name of something you're
searching for.
However, it is annoying when you do know the specific title of the image you
want. For instance, if you type "File:Wikipedia-logo.svg" in the search bar, it
takes you to
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=File%3AWikipedia-logo.svg&fulltext=Search
rather than http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo.svg. Clearly,
in this instance your intention is to get to the file directly.
If possible, I would like, when hitting "Enter" in a search box, for queries
without a namespace to default to the "Search" option as it is now, and queries
with a namespace to be reverted back to using the "Go" option. This was brought
up in the subsection "Comments" of the linked discussion and received general
support, but was brushed off to the side as less important than the main issue
being discussed and never raised again until now.
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