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  2. CONFSERVER-16153

Allow upper-/lower case in labels

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      Currently all labels are converted to lower-case after entering. This is a problem with some languages other than english.

      In the german language for example, all substantives start with a capital character. Substantives are very often used as labels. So whenever someone uses german substantives as labels, the resulting list of labels looks just wrong. At least one customer considers this as a bug instead of just an improvement.

      Since Java provides case-agnostic string search functions, it is technically not a big problem to fix.

            [CONFSERVER-16153] Allow upper-/lower case in labels

            Alice added a comment -

            This would be especially useful when using labels as index entries, such as when using Scroll PDF Exporter. At present, we have to create additional index entries so that they display correctly in the index. We need to be able to use acronyms, for example ("APS" not "Aps").

            Alice added a comment - This would be especially useful when using labels as index entries, such as when using Scroll PDF Exporter. At present, we have to create additional index entries so that they display correctly in the index. We need to be able to use acronyms, for example ("APS" not "Aps").

            Thomas L. Kjeldsen added a comment - - edited

            Perhaps this could be a feature to be enabled when using one of those databases that support it?

            Alternatively, all labels can be displayed in uppercase by adding this to the global stylesheet:

            .aui-label { text-transform: uppercase; }

            Thomas L. Kjeldsen added a comment - - edited Perhaps this could be a feature to be enabled when using one of those databases that support it? Alternatively, all labels can be displayed in uppercase by adding this to the global stylesheet: .aui-label { text-transform: uppercase; }

            Matt Ryall added a comment -

            Thanks for submitting this suggestion, Arne. Unfortunately, there are some problems with searching case-insensitively in all the databases we support – see CONF-11577, for example.

            It's an interesting question. In English, proper nouns like "New York" have capital letters. So in theory we have the same problem, albeit not as widespread.

            Improvements to labels aren't currently on our roadmap (even long-term), but we'll keep this issue in mind if we do revisit this functionality.

            Matt Ryall added a comment - Thanks for submitting this suggestion, Arne. Unfortunately, there are some problems with searching case-insensitively in all the databases we support – see CONF-11577 , for example. It's an interesting question. In English, proper nouns like "New York" have capital letters. So in theory we have the same problem, albeit not as widespread. Improvements to labels aren't currently on our roadmap (even long-term), but we'll keep this issue in mind if we do revisit this functionality.

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