[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19810: Autocomplete for users and sites in Network admin

[WordPress Trac]

#19810: Autocomplete for users and sites in Network admin
----------------------------+------------------
 Reporter:  markjaquith     |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high            |   Milestone:  3.4
Component:  Multisite       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |
----------------------------+------------------

Comment (by japh):

 Replying to [comment:11 DrewAPicture]:
 > '''Autocomplete Libary'''
 > * Based on most of the implementations I'm seeing, it looks like the
 standard jQuery Autocomplete library is pretty popular. Anybody have
 tested alternatives in mind?

 At the moment suggest.js is being used in the admin, so unless there's a
 specific reason to go with Autocomplete instead then perhaps we see if
 that can be used? I'm working on a patch now just to see if that will
 transfer easily and be useable.

 For an example of where this is used, check out Tags on the Edit Post
 page.

 > '''Scaling'''
 > * Whatever implementation we go with, we're (obv) going to have to take
 scaling into account. I've got a MultiSite in the wild with a (modest)
 couple hundred users and the autocomplete searches are taking longer than
 they should. I can't even imagine what it would be like on larger-scale
 installs. Regardless, my first instinct is transients, we'd just have to
 figure out the logistics of resetting the stored query data when new users
 are registered/added so the query stays current. (Feel free to call me out
 if this is an absurd concept).

 I wonder if a closer look at the way it works for Tags would help? I mean,
 surely some sites have a LOT of Tags, so perhaps that scales ok.

 > '''Global User List'''
 > * Should Site Admins get access to the global user list? Good question.
 My first instinct is to answer 'yes', if they have X information about the
 user already, such as a username, but then it would make autocomplete
 nearly moot. If 'no', then only Super Admins would have the ability to add
 users, which would probably be neither efficient nor reasonable. I guess
 it would be pertinent to look at use cases for why Site Admins would need
 access the user list or not.
 > * Taking it from a different tack, it might be prudent to consider an
 option (instead of a decision) in this case. Super Admins already have the
 ability to enable Plugin administration menus, why not enable/disable Site
 Admin access to the global user list? Then it would become a question of
 whether that was network-wide or per-site.

 I actually think I might agree with an option rather than decision in this
 case too. Some sites will be used like WordPress.com where global user
 list access might be useful(?), and some will prefer to keep their sites
 completely siloed.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19810#comment:12>
WordPress Trac <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress blogging software