Unexpected behavior in generic "entity_autocomplete" Form API element when using quotes

Created on 11 February 2015, over 10 years ago

Updated 1 July 2025, 13 days ago

Problem/Motivation

See @webchick's #2418017-112: Implement autocomplete UI for the link widget → for a lengthy explanation. Short version: having a node with the title "#Drupal is cool" and typing #Drupal in the autocomplete doesn't trigger the autocomplete, as expected, but typing "#Drupal does. Worse, typing "# seems to list all nodes in the system, which doesn't make sense.

Perhaps they're two separate problems, but they're so closely related that we're reporting them together.

Proposed resolution

TBD

Remaining tasks

TBD

User interface changes

TBD

API changes

None.

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Status

Postponed: needs info

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

entity system

Created by

🇧🇪Belgium wim leers Ghent 🇧🇪🇪🇺

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Comment 13 days ago →
🇺🇸United States smustgrave
Thank you for creating this issue to improve Drupal.

We are working to decide if this task is still relevant to a currently supported version of Drupal. There hasn't been any discussion here for over 8 years which suggests that this has either been implemented or is no longer relevant. Your thoughts on this will allow a decision to be made.

Since we need more information to move forward with this issue, the status is now Postponed (maintainer needs more info). If we don't receive additional information to help with the issue, it may be closed after three months.

Thanks!

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