# Searching multi-select user fields

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-multi-select-user-fields/385144>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** user-custom-fields\
**Created:** [October 9, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-multi-select-user-fields/385144 "2025-10-09T15:07:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-multi-select-user-fields/385144/9 "2025-11-04T07:46:05Z")

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FWIW I get the values to show as links, but only if my test user has selected more than one of the multiselect options:

 ![IMG_4275](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/5/e/75e0b41ca9161c078f2790a2a73c0c30aacc9840.jpeg)

 ![IMG_4276](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/1/3/913ebf532e5e461a4595bdc52007622ebab47ceb.jpeg)

When I click on them it seems to be working for me. I get `/u?name=BIS%20in%20iPasS&order=likes_received` as well, but it pulls up the correct users (plus my own directory result as default even though I don’t have that value in the custom field)

> [@ecki](#):
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> Also a problem: The profile summary (expanded header) also shows the field (list of selected entries), but they are not clickable in this location

**ETA:** Mine also seem to be clickable from the profile page as well, as long as the user has multiple values:

 ![IMG_4277](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/e/c/3ec094a807238a7d3b8dd7eac9dc0ee8c9c5641c.jpeg)

I’m on the `latest` branch rather than `stable`, so I’m not sure if that’s the difference.

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