Can the Search work for 2 characters minimum instead of 3 ?

[claytoncParticipant]

Hello,
I just purchased Easy Folder Listing Pro specifically for the search function. I have many files with file names that contain the two letter abbreviation for a State, such as “AR” for the state of Arkansas, “NY” for New York and so on. It appears the search only works with 3 letters or more. I have over 7000 files named this way.

An example file name would be:
ABC Supply Co #032 – Charlotte, NC.pdf
In this case I need to search for all file names that contain “NC”

Is there a way to have the search function when only 2 character are typed in the search box or an operator that I can use?

Thank you for your time and knowledge,
George

[Michael GilkesKeymaster]

@claytonc. Thanks for posting.

Yes. You can change this default behavior by editing some code. If you feel comfortable changing a line of code then find line 211 in plugins/content/easyfolderlistingspro/easyfolderlistingspro.php:

plugins/content/easyfolderlistingspro/easyfolderlistingspro.php

PHP

//add the javascript to enable the search filter for the listing $javascript[] = $this->jsSearchScript($uniqueId);

1 2	//add the javascript to enable the search filter for the listing $javascript[] = $this->jsSearchScript($uniqueId);

and change it to the following:

plugins/content/easyfolderlistingspro/easyfolderlistingspro.php

PHP

//add the javascript to enable the search filter for the listing $javascript[] = $this->jsSearchScript($uniqueId, 1);

1 2	//add the javascript to enable the search filter for the listing $javascript[] = $this->jsSearchScript($uniqueId, 1);

I should probably add an option to make this customizable in the next release.

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