Please prioritise descendant taxa in autocomplete to speed identifier work. If I am identifying Diptera at the level of order and I want to place to Acalyptrate, the autocomplete could be a little more supportive I think. For example, I type in : “Ac” …and I get : [Screenshot 2024-02-03 at 04.…

Feature requests need to be formatted to the request, and need to be approved before posting, so I can’t just switch the category. Please copy above and submit in the template (should be pretty straightforward), and it can then be considered. I’ve unlisted for now. We can delete once you’ve submitte…

Ah ok, yes - I think I couldn’t see this as I was using UK English spelling! The only actually relevant one I can see is this one by you https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/prioritize-scientific-name-over-synonym-and-names-in-other-languages-in-species-search/23191 For which a Github issue has alread…

Ah got it, I think I was also thinking of this: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/prioritize-scientific-name-over-synonym-and-names-in-other-languages-in-species-search/23191/9 which was added recently to that request and expands on what my original request was in some important ways. Since a githu…

ok, I added a request already ( I don’t seem to be able to edit it … but perhaps that can be added as a note somehow if it goes through )

Prioritise descendant taxa in autocomplete to speed identifier work

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sbushes February 3, 2024, 4:38am 2

Sorry - this was meant to be a feature request… please shift category if possible @forum_moderators :)

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Prioritise descendant taxa in autocomplete to speed identifier work

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