Usability bug,

The text "search fields" in the settings for an entity reference view is not clear and needs to be disambiguated from "search" .

As I understand it what the user is doing here is selecting which fields will be added to autocomplete in the form, therefore the text the user should see would be something like "Show these fields in autocomplete".

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tkoleary created an issue. See original summary.

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jhodgdon
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Title: Entity reference view "search fields" is not clear » Entity reference views setup -- "search fields" is not clear
Version: 8.0.0-beta15 » 8.1.x-dev
Component: views.module » entity_reference.module
Status: Needs work » Active
Issue tags: +Usability

Fixing tags, status, component, version.

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amateescu CreditAttribution: amateescu for Pfizer, Inc. commented
Version: 8.1.x-dev » 8.2.x-dev
Status: Active » Needs review
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2568853.patch759 bytes
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Seems like a small improvement to me :) Moving to 8.2.x because of the string change and also adding some some before/after screenshots.

Version: 8.2.x-dev » 8.3.x-dev

Drupal 8.2.0-beta1 was released on August 3, 2016, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 8.3.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

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jonathanshaw
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Location Stroud, UK
CreditAttribution: jonathanshaw commented
Status: Needs review » Needs work

I'm afraid you're misunderstanding what those settings do.

They control what fields on the entity are queried to match the entered text. See drupal/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/EntityReference.php ->query() for how they are used.

Currently no settings on the view affect what is displayed in the autocomplete (it's hardcoded to show only label), but this is fixed by #2174633: View output is not used for entityreference options.

I agree the current wording is less than wonderful.

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jibran
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Primary language Urdu
Location Sydney, Australia
CreditAttribution: jibran commented
Component: entity_reference.module » entity system

Possible duplicate of #1904902: replace "autocomplete" in modal with more accurate word and replace "Search field" during entity reference view wizard process. Moving to right component

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tkoleary CreditAttribution: tkoleary commented
Status: Needs work » Closed (duplicate)

@jibran

You're right, this is a duplicate.

@jonathanshaw

Moving your comment to the other issue