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Auto-append trailing * wildcard to search for substrings in modern sharepoint
I have a modern communication site and if I search a list for 'can', it will not return Canada, or Canadian in my results. but if I search for can*, both items will be returned. I believe it is p...
Have either of you had any progress on the issue?
I'm in the same position, having spent the better part of a day searching for a solution to no avail.
I'll also respond should I find a reasonable solution.
Jonas_Nord
We had the same problem. We also had to auto append a * to the search term. This was possible because we developed a custom search bar. AFAIK there is no way to circumvent this.
- Thanks for the input Paul_HK_de_Jong
That's one more point for creating a custom search bar, I'm currently reluctant to create a custom search component but we'll see where time takes us.Have you solved the issue?
