Merge pull request DSpace#9276 from atmire/w2p-110088_keyboard-to-sel…

…ect-values Search on the label of an authority, not the value in a submission context
bibudem · Jan 23, 2024 · 19049d0 · 19049d0
2 parents 6ca4e8f + 5ebe1a9
commit 19049d0
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diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/authority/DCInputAuthority.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/authority/DCInputAuthority.java
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ public Choices getMatches(String query, int start, int limit, String locale) {
         int found = 0;
         List<Choice> v = new ArrayList<Choice>();
         for (int i = 0; i < valuesLocale.length; ++i) {
-            if (query == null || StringUtils.containsIgnoreCase(valuesLocale[i], query)) {
+            // In a DCInputAuthority context, a user will want to query the labels, not the values
+            if (query == null || StringUtils.containsIgnoreCase(labelsLocale[i], query)) {
                 if (found >= start && v.size() < limit) {
                     v.add(new Choice(null, valuesLocale[i], labelsLocale[i]));
                     if (valuesLocale[i].equalsIgnoreCase(query)) {