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**UPDATED**
-when multiple results show, it will show the AKA @ name properly now
-added the same limit on the results returned that the original code used

Like a lot of people, I want the auto suggest to look for display names and nice names. Below is my code to do just that. Im using a $wpdb->get_results to do my search. Im also changing up the displayed text to also include that users nice name so if the user is searching for “bob”. A user’s display name might be “bob9”, but there login = “I_am_bob” It will display avatar then display name then @username

example output
[avatar] bob9 AKA -> @i_am_bob

Warning im not a coding master, but it seems to work for me. Below is the whole class-bplabs-autosuggest.php so just make a backup of your site, and overwrite inside class-bplabs-autosuggest.php with the code below

<?php
/**
* @package BP_Labs
* @subpackage Mentions_Autosuggest
*/

// Exit if accessed directly
if ( !defined( 'ABSPATH' ) )
exit;

/**
* Implements the <a href='http://buddypress.org/community/members/message/' rel='nofollow'>@message</a> autosuggest experiment.
*
* <a href='http://buddypress.org/community/members/since/' rel='nofollow'>@since</a> 1.0
*/
class BPLabs_Autosuggest extends BPLabs_Beaker {
/**
* Enqueue javascript
*
* <a href='http://buddypress.org/community/members/since/' rel='nofollow'>@since</a> 1.0
*/
public function enqueue_script() {
$dir = WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/bp-labs/beakers/js/jquery.mentions';

if ( defined( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG' ) && SCRIPT_DEBUG )
wp_enqueue_script( 'bplabs-autosuggest-js', "{$dir}.dev.js", array( 'jquery' ), '1.2' );
else
wp_enqueue_script( 'bplabs-autosuggest-js', "{$dir}.js", array( 'jquery' ), '1.2' );

wp_localize_script( 'bplabs-autosuggest-js', 'BPMentions', array(
'error1'     => __( 'Sorry, an error occurred.', 'bpl' ),
'error2'     => _x( 'Please try again.', 'an error occurred', 'bpl' ),
'searching'  => _x( 'Searching for members to mention... one moment please...', 'started a search', 'bpl' )
) );

// This bit of javascript is what you could add directly to your theme
$dir = WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/bp-labs/beakers/js/autosuggest';

if ( defined( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG' ) && SCRIPT_DEBUG )
wp_enqueue_script( 'bplabs-autosuggest-theme-js', "{$dir}.dev.js", array( 'bplabs-autosuggest-js' ), '1.0' );
else
wp_enqueue_script( 'bplabs-autosuggest-theme-js', "{$dir}.js", array( 'bplabs-autosuggest-js' ), '1.0' );
}

/**
* Enqueue CSS
*
* <a href='http://buddypress.org/community/members/since/' rel='nofollow'>@since</a> 1.0
*/
public function enqueue_style() {
$dir = WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/bp-labs/beakers/css/jquery.mentions';

if ( defined( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG' ) && SCRIPT_DEBUG )
wp_enqueue_style( 'bplabs-autosuggest', "{$dir}.dev.css", array(), '1.0' );
else
wp_enqueue_style( 'bplabs-autosuggest', "{$dir}.css", array(), '1.0' );
}

/**
* Add the AJAX callback for the mention_autosuggest() method.
*
* <a href='http://buddypress.org/community/members/since/' rel='nofollow'>@since</a> 1.0
*/
protected function register_actions() {
add_action( 'wp_ajax_activity_mention_autosuggest', array( 'BPLabs_Autosuggest', 'mention_autosuggest' ) );
}

/**
* AJAX receiver for the @mention autosuggest jQuery library. Performs a search on the string provided and returns matches.
*
* <a href='http://buddypress.org/community/members/global/' rel='nofollow'>@global</a> object $bp BuddyPress global settings
* @return mixed Either HTML or JSON. If error, "-1" for missing parameters, "0" for no matches.
* <a href='http://buddypress.org/community/members/see/' rel='nofollow'>@see</a> bp-labs/beakers/js/jquery.mentions.dev.js
* <a href='http://buddypress.org/community/members/since/' rel='nofollow'>@since</a> 1.0
*/
public function mention_autosuggest() {
global $bp;

if ( empty( $_POST ) || empty( $_POST ) )
exit( '-1' );

// Sanitise input
$search_query = implode( '', (array) preg_replace( array( '|^https?<img src="smileys/irritated.gif" width="" height="" alt=":/" title=":/" class="bbcode_smiley" />/|i', '|*|', '|@|' ), '', $_POST ) );
if ( empty( $search_query ) )
exit( '-1' );

//$args = array(
//	'count_total' => false,
//	'number'      => (int) $_POST,
//	'search'      => "{$search_query}*"
//);

if ( !empty( $bp->loggedin_user->id ) )
$args = array( $bp->loggedin_user->id );

if ( bp_is_username_compatibility_mode() ) {
//$args  = array( 'ID', 'user_login' );
//$args = 'login';

}
else {
//$args  = array( 'ID', 'display_name' );
//$args = 'nicename';
}

$args = apply_filters( 'bpl_mention_autosuggest_args', $args );

// Search users
//TAO custom search using display name
global $wpdb;
$TAO_limit_results = (int) $_POST;
$user_search_results = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT ID, user_nicename, display_name, user_login FROM wp_users WHERE user_login like'%$search_query%' OR display_name like '%$search_query%' LIMIT 0, $TAO_limit_results" );
//print_r($user_search_results);
echo "<br>";
echo 'Searching for members to mention with "' .$search_query .'" in their name.';
echo "<br>";
echo 'Click on the user you wish to mention.';
$args = array(
'search'      => "*{$search_query}*"

);
//$user_search_results = new WP_User_Query( $args );
//print_r($user_search_results);
if ( empty( $user_search_results ) ) {

// Return JSON
if ( !empty( $_POST ) && 'json' == $_POST ) {
exit( json_encode( false ) );

// Return HTML
} else {
printf( '<li class="section error"><span>%s</span> %s
</li>', _x( 'No matches found.', 'no search results', 'bpl' ), _x( 'Please check your spelling.', 'no search results', 'bpl' ) );
exit();
}
}

// If logged in, get user's friends
$friend_ids = array();
if ( !empty( $bp->loggedin_user->id ) && bp_is_active( 'friends' ) )
$friend_ids = friends_get_friend_user_ids( $bp->loggedin_user->id );

$search_results = array( 'friends' => array(), 'others' => array() );

// Build results
foreach ( (array) $user_search_results as $user ) {
$result         = new stdClass;
$result->avatar = bp_core_fetch_avatar( array( 'item_id' => $user->ID, 'width' => 30, 'height' => 30, 'type' => 'thumb', 'alt' => __( 'Profile picture of %s', 'bpl' ) ) );
$result->name   = bp_core_get_user_displayname( $user->ID );
//TAO adding the nicename to do a AKA
$result->TAO_user_nicename = $user->user_nicename;

if ( bp_is_username_compatibility_mode() )
$result->id = $user->user_login;
else
$result->id = $user->user_nicename;

if ( in_array( $user->ID, (array) $friend_ids ) )
$search_results[] = $result;
else
$search_results[]  = $result;
}

apply_filters_ref_array( 'bpl_mention_autosuggest', array( &$search_results, $args ) );

// Return JSON
if ( !empty( $_POST ) && 'json' == $_POST ) {
exit( json_encode( $search_results ) );

// Return HTML
} else {
$html = array();

foreach ( $search_results as $section => $items ) {
if ( empty( $items ) )
continue;

// Friends and other users
if ( 'friends' == $section || 'others' == $section ) {
if ( 'friends' == $section ) {
$html[] = sprintf( '<li class="section friends">%s
</li>', __( 'Your friends', 'bpl' ) );

} elseif ( 'others' == $section ) {
if ( !empty( $search_results ) )
$html[] = sprintf( '<li class="section other">%s
</li>', sprintf( __( 'Other people on %s', 'bpl' ), get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ) );
else
$html[] = sprintf( '<li class="section other">%s
</li>', sprintf( __( 'People on %s', 'bpl' ), get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ) );
}

foreach ( $items as $item )
$html[] = sprintf( '<li class="%s">%s
</li>', esc_attr( $item->id ), $item->avatar . esc_html( $item->name ) . '&nbsp;&nbsp&nbsp;&nbsp;AKA&nbsp;&nbsp;---> @' .$item->TAO_user_nicename );

// For third-party extensions
} else {
$custom_section = apply_filters( 'bpl_mention_autosuggest_custom_section', false, $section, $items );

if ( !empty( $custom_section ) )
$html = array_merge( $html, (array) $custom_section );
}
}

// Safety net
if ( empty( $html ) )
$html[] = sprintf( '<li class="section error"><span>%s</span> %s
</li>', _x( 'No matches found.', 'no search results', 'bpl' ), _x( 'Please check your spelling.', 'no search results', 'bpl' ) );

exit( apply_filters( 'bpl_mention_autosuggest_html', implode( PHP_EOL, $html ), $html ) );
}
}
}
new BPLabs_Autosuggest();
?>