Fixed name search issue introduced in v3.1.1. Reverted to previous matching pattern only for name searches and still using the new patter for taxonomy matching.

Author: bjorn2404

bower.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jquery-storelocator-plugin",
-  "version": "3.1.1",
+  "version": "3.1.2",
   "description": "This jQuery plugin takes advantage of Google Maps API version 3 to create an easy to implement store locator. No back-end programming is required, you just need to feed it KML, XML, or JSON data with all the location information.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",

dist/assets/js/plugins/storeLocator/jquery.storelocator.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! jQuery Google Maps Store Locator - v3.1.1 - 2021-01-09
+/*! jQuery Google Maps Store Locator - v3.1.2 - 2021-01-12
 * http://www.bjornblog.com/web/jquery-store-locator-plugin
 * Copyright (c) 2021 Bjorn Holine; Licensed MIT */
 
@@ -2828,7 +2828,13 @@
 							if (!taxFilters[k]) {
 								taxFilters[k] = [];
 							}
-							taxFilters[k][z] = '(?=.*' + filters[k][z].replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\]|&\s+)/g, '') + '(?!\\s))';
+
+							// Swap pattern matching depending on name search vs. taxonomy filtering.
+							if ( k === _this.settings.nameAttribute ) {
+								taxFilters[k][z] = '(?:^|\\s)' + filters[k][z].replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\]|&\s+)/g, '');
+							} else {
+								taxFilters[k][z] = '(?=.*' + filters[k][z].replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\]|&\s+)/g, '') + '(?!\\s))';
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				}

dist/assets/js/plugins/storeLocator/jquery.storelocator.min.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jquery-storelocator-plugin",
-  "version": "3.1.1",
+  "version": "3.1.2",
   "description": "This jQuery plugin takes advantage of Google Maps API version 3 to create an easy to implement store locator. No back-end programming is required, you just need to feed it KML, XML, or JSON data with all the location information.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",

package.json

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ filtering.
 
 ## Changelog
 
+### Version 3.1.2
+
+* Fixed name search issue introduced in v3.1.1. Reverted to previous matching pattern only for name searches and still using the new patter for taxonomy matching.
+
 ### Version 3.1.1
 
 * Enhanced filtering regular expression to better account for exact matches vs. substrings.

readme.md

@@ -2824,7 +2824,13 @@
 							if (!taxFilters[k]) {
 								taxFilters[k] = [];
 							}
-							taxFilters[k][z] = '(?=.*' + filters[k][z].replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\]|&\s+)/g, '') + '(?!\\s))';
+
+							// Swap pattern matching depending on name search vs. taxonomy filtering.
+							if ( k === _this.settings.nameAttribute ) {
+								taxFilters[k][z] = '(?:^|\\s)' + filters[k][z].replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\]|&\s+)/g, '');
+							} else {
+								taxFilters[k][z] = '(?=.*' + filters[k][z].replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\]|&\s+)/g, '') + '(?!\\s))';
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				}

src/js/jquery.storelocator.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "title": "jQuery Google Maps Store Locator",
     "description": "This jQuery plugin takes advantage of Google Maps API version 3 to create an easy to implement store locator. No back-end programming is required, you just need to feed it KML, XML, or JSON data with all the location information.",
     "keywords": ["jquery","locator","store","dealer","location", "locations", "maps", "map", "stores", "find"],
-    "version": "3.1.1",
+    "version": "3.1.2",
     "author": {
         "name": "Bjorn Holine",
         "url": "http://www.bjornblog.com/"