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

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

> '''This is one of the action items for the 3.4 release.'''
>
> '''Mark Jaquith and Pete Mall are leading the Multisite agenda.'''
>
> '''Drew Jaynes (DrewAPicture) and Japh Thomson (Japh) are doing primary
> dev for autocomplete'''
>
> Administering Multisite installs would be a lot easier if we had
> autocomplete for users and sites. As it is, the UI for sites is optimized
> for a small number of sites, and the UI for users often requires you to
> know the user's exact info.
>
> Any place where multisite is prompting you for a site or a user, or
> you're trying to find a specific site or user, we should have
> autocomplete. This includes for Super Admins when adding a user from the
> Site admin instead of the Network admin.
>
> Agenda:
>
> * Identify the areas to hit.
> * Discuss whether regular site Administrators should get autocomplete on
> the global users list.
> * Determine whether existing autocomplete JS tools are satisfactory. If
> not, improve.
> * Divide and conquer.

New description:

 '''This is one of the action items for the 3.4 release.'''

 Administering Multisite installs would be a lot easier if we had
 autocomplete for users and sites. As it is, the UI for sites is optimized
 for a small number of sites, and the UI for users often requires you to
 know the user's exact info.

 Any place where multisite is prompting you for a site or a user, or you're
 trying to find a specific site or user, we should have autocomplete. This
 includes for Super Admins when adding a user from the Site admin instead
 of the Network admin.

 Agenda:

 * Identify the areas to hit.
 * Discuss whether regular site Administrators should get autocomplete on
 the global users list.
 * Determine whether existing autocomplete JS tools are satisfactory. If
 not, improve.
 * Divide and conquer.

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Comment (by markjaquith):

 Taking this out of the description to make it clear that contributions are
 welcomed from all. We'll call out responsible parties elsewhere.

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