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Hi,

I have autocomplete on searching all members in the message component via wp-config
`define( ‘BP_MESSAGES_AUTOCOMPLETE_ALL’, true );`

It seems strange to me that this does not just search names (user names, display names) but rather all xprofile fields.

The autocomplete calls
`BP_Core_User::search_users()`
but this function searches all fields in the xprofile data table, see
http://phpdoc.ftwr.co.uk/buddypress/BuddyPress/BP_Core_User.html#search_users

It means that a user using autocomplete may be presented with irrelevant hence confusing results.

An example is a school intranet for parents. In a parent’s profile is their name and the name of their child(ren), a likely scenario.

I want to send a message to John Doe.

Typing John will return not only parents with ‘John’ in their name, but also parents with a child called ‘John’ and also parents living on ‘John Street’ and so on and so on.

Any hints to get around this are highly appreciated!

Cheers
Mort3n