# Trim search keyword in User Search / Admin Panel

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/trim-search-keyword-in-user-search-admin-panel/50843
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [Septembre 29, 2016, 2:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trim-search-keyword-in-user-search-admin-panel/50843 "2016-09-29T02:37:23Z")
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### Author: ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [Septembre 29, 2016, 2:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trim-search-keyword-in-user-search-admin-panel/50843/1 "2016-09-29T02:37:23Z")

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This is a tiny improvement proposal.

If you search a user by an email with no trailing spaces, it works just fine:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/f/ff5be64241b1f7e2239807cfb4d31678f84b0dbc.png)

However, it finds nothing if a space is added:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/3/13a070b8fb85a07fae231744f60aaa14a4961be5.png)

A simple improvement would be to trim user input before carrying the search.

Trailing spaces / tabs / etc may easily be inserted when copypasting an email address from somewhere.

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [Octobre 10, 2016, 2:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trim-search-keyword-in-user-search-admin-panel/50843/2 "2016-10-10T14:19:19Z")

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Just pushed a fix 🍌

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8f68a95e56c7c6b42d4508e8fd08a44de2b41ba0](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8f68a95e56c7c6b42d4508e8fd08a44de2b41ba0)

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [Octobre 11, 2016, 2:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trim-search-keyword-in-user-search-admin-panel/50843/3 "2016-10-11T02:19:38Z")

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