From 5ebe1a9402d8d0be85284d722f65bc71836113df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jens Vannerum <jens.vannerum@atmire.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:14:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] search on labels, not values on DCInputs

---
 .../java/org/dspace/content/authority/DCInputAuthority.java    | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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
index b1d8cf36a5d3..902bded33ef7 100644
--- 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)) {