Provide a preview of a sentence containing a search term in search results

[NMSalmon]

Feature Description

The Pressbooks search results for words or phrases in a text currently display a chapter title and the first sentence in that text. It could be even more helpful for searchers if, instead of seeing a snippet from the first sentence of the chapter, the search result snippet featured an instance or even multiple instances of the phrase in question.

Google Books search results operate in this way:

Feature Use Case

Textbook authors and readers often use the search bar to find sections they remember as relevant to their work or study:

• Students may be better able to access information quickly during class or research activities if they are able to see a relevant preview in their search results.
• Textbook creators may have the ability to search for particular topics or even common misspellings with ease across multiple chapters.

Other Notes

This was a feature first requested by a developmental editor we are working with who is part of the Division of Continuing Studies at UW-Madison.

[greatislander]

@NMSalmon This is a great idea. We currently use WordPress' built-in search functionality and the excerpt display is fairly limited. Here's one approach that might be worth investigating: https://yoast.com/wordpress-search/

[NMSalmon]

This is very cool! Thank you!

[greatislander]

(For what it's worth any solution would require changes to both pressbooks/pressbooks and pressbooks/pressbooks-book.)