Feature request - improvements to search of site users

[Jon007]

This is enhancement idea relating to inviting existing users across the entire site, where the existing search facilities and search results checkbox list are limiting for a site with a lot of users.

1. ** Improved search results view **
   Select members from the directory currently just shows list of usernames.
   When you search for "jon" and get a list like “jon123”, “jon007”, “jon456”, well there is no easy way to tell which is the jon you are looking for.

In theory this list box could be checkbox list could be replaced by one based on the standard members-loop.
Avatar and some other information would be really helpful… as well as the results being clickable to find more information.

2. ** Allow search in more fields **

With the plugins "BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Fields Type" and "BP Profile Search", you can create custom fields and choose to make them searchable in the normal member directory views.

This works by hooking the standard filter from bp-core-template.php like this:

add_action ('bp_ajax_querystring', 'bps_filter_members', 99, 2);
function bps_filter_members ($qs, $object)

the search within invite anyone could be enhanced to support this extensibility.