Filter out duplicate search results #3911
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Subject: Filter out duplicate search results
Feature or Bugfix
Bugfix
Purpose
When performing a search using the searchtools.js, if the query includes multiple terms then this can lead to duplicate partial results being added by performObjectSearch().
Detail
This pull request skips duplicate results in displayNextItem() by checking if each result is identical to the last one in the sorted list.