[Feature] Allow searching for strings in named People where strings are wrapped with special characters like quotes or parenthesis

[schrauger]

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The feature

I have named many people with extra details in addition to their first and last name. For example, Susan "Su" Smith (Baker) (Applezon). I add details such as a nickname, their maiden name, or the group of how I know them (work, social group, etc).

When searching by person name, however, the search seems to only match on strings that start with the exact character after a space. So I can't search for Applezon to find all the pictures I have of coworkers; I have to start the search with a parenthesis (Applezon), or at least the starting (Ap. The same goes with any special characters.

Presumably, the search is set up this way for some optimization or speed, as it is only matching on the start of words, separated by spaces. It would be nice to be able to search anywhere in the string, or at least ignore special characters in the search.

I can understand that it could cause unwanted effects if you search for Eve and end up with a bunch of Steve people in the list.

Right now, my workaround is to add spaces around my character wraps. Susan " Su " Smith ( Baker ) ( Applezon ) with spaces padding the special characters works to allow searching for the maiden name Baker or the workplace Applezon.

Platform

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