From 0219df5b6766ddc120dfeb40f0d8c3401ea6e6f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shamoon <4887959+shamoon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:09:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fixhancement: trim whitespace for some text searches (#11357)

---
 .../filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts    |  4 ++--
 src/documents/filters.py                        |  3 +++
 src/documents/tests/test_api_documents.py       | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 src/documents/views.py                          |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
index 9e83797a6..fecbaa170 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ export class FilterEditorComponent
     ) {
       filterRules.push({
         rule_type: FILTER_TITLE_CONTENT,
-        value: this._textFilter,
+        value: this._textFilter.trim(),
       })
     }
     if (this._textFilter && this.textFilterTarget == TEXT_FILTER_TARGET_TITLE) {
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ export class FilterEditorComponent
     ) {
       filterRules.push({
         rule_type: FILTER_FULLTEXT_QUERY,
-        value: this._textFilter,
+        value: this._textFilter.trim(),
       })
     }
     if (
diff --git a/src/documents/filters.py b/src/documents/filters.py
index 3a8d4d327..54f3c1fa0 100644
--- a/src/documents/filters.py
+++ b/src/documents/filters.py
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ class InboxFilter(Filter):
 @extend_schema_field(serializers.CharField)
 class TitleContentFilter(Filter):
     def filter(self, qs, value):
+        value = value.strip() if isinstance(value, str) else value
         if value:
             return qs.filter(Q(title__icontains=value) | Q(content__icontains=value))
         else:
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ class CustomFieldFilterSet(FilterSet):
 @extend_schema_field(serializers.CharField)
 class CustomFieldsFilter(Filter):
     def filter(self, qs, value):
+        value = value.strip() if isinstance(value, str) else value
         if value:
             fields_with_matching_selects = CustomField.objects.filter(
                 extra_data__icontains=value,
@@ -244,6 +246,7 @@ class CustomFieldsFilter(Filter):
 
 class MimeTypeFilter(Filter):
     def filter(self, qs, value):
+        value = value.strip() if isinstance(value, str) else value
         if value:
             return qs.filter(mime_type__icontains=value)
         else:
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_api_documents.py b/src/documents/tests/test_api_documents.py
index f7f44c974..87190c23b 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_api_documents.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_api_documents.py
@@ -941,6 +941,23 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, DocumentConsumeDelayMixin, APITestCase):
         results = response.data["results"]
         self.assertEqual(len(results), 0)
 
+    def test_documents_title_content_filter_strips_boundary_whitespace(self):
+        doc = Document.objects.create(
+            title="Testwort",
+            content="",
+            checksum="A",
+            mime_type="application/pdf",
+        )
+
+        response = self.client.get(
+            "/api/documents/",
+            {"title_content": " Testwort "},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        results = response.data["results"]
+        self.assertEqual(len(results), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(results[0]["id"], doc.id)
+
     def test_document_permissions_filters(self):
         """
         GIVEN:
diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index 822647fdb..8aee24561 100644
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ class SearchAutoCompleteView(GenericAPIView):
         user = self.request.user if hasattr(self.request, "user") else None
 
         if "term" in request.query_params:
-            term = request.query_params["term"]
+            term = request.query_params["term"].strip()
         else:
             return HttpResponseBadRequest("Term required")