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Enterprise Architect => Suggestions and Requests => Topic started by: Helmut Ortmann on July 17, 2016, 06:43:34 pm

Title: Fuzzy input with autocomplete and suggestions for items,..
Post by: Helmut Ortmann on July 17, 2016, 06:43:34 pm

Hi,

fuzzy input with autocomplete is a powerful feature not only in Google but also in a lot of current tools (e.g. Editor atom).

I would like such a feature:

• Autocomplete
• Fuzzy find

in

• Search
• Inserting an item (picker)
• Everywhere where you can choose something

I know a 30 year old case tool, CASE/4/0, which supported such feature in a lot of input situations. It was amzing in every day work. Misspelling, no problem. They managed it with the CPU power 30 years ago. I asked about the algorithm and they told it me (very easy, just comparing the amount of matching characters or so).

Just remember your browser and its autocomplete / suggesting method.

Thanks,

Helmut

Title: Re: Fuzzy input with autocomplete and suggestions for items,..
Post by: Paolo F Cantoni on July 18, 2016, 09:35:54 am

+10

This is especially important in Enterprise scale situations where there are orders of magnitude more items and many more different users (each misspelling in their own particular way...).

Paolo

Title: Re: Fuzzy input with autocomplete and suggestions for items,..
Post by: qwerty on July 18, 2016, 06:22:54 pm

I guess with stereotypes this will come handy, since without you have a load of spelling variants except you have configured security the right way.

q.

Title: Re: Fuzzy input with autocomplete and suggestions for items,..
Post by: PeterHeintz on July 19, 2016, 12:16:29 am

Yes!
That would be really helpful.
+1