Title: input locations at event creation: filter function changed?
Last modified: July 22, 2017

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# input locations at event creation: filter function changed?

 *  Resolved [erik2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erik2/)
 * (@erik2)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/input-locations-at-event-creation-filter-function-changed/)
 * We have about 500 locations stored in our events-calendar-database.
 * When creating new events, we used to enter the location by just typing a few 
   characters into the input field, and those did not necessarily have to be the
   first characters of the location. E.g. entering ‘ashing’ would bring up ‘Washington’.
 * Apparently this has changed after a recent update, because now it only shows 
   locations that match the first letter entered. In other words: in order to find‘
   Washington’ I would have to start with a ‘W’. That makes it a lot harder for 
   us to enter locations, because there are a lot of complex names in our database
   and the first letter is not always clear/known…
 * Is there a reason for this change? Is it a bug? And most importantly: can it 
   be changed back? 😉
 * Thanks & regards
 * Erik

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