custom Item field search

I've moved this out of suggestions as there are existing suggestions for both of these. Also, its a requirement to post a single suggestion thread for each suggestion (just like XenForo.com requires).

With that said, I will quickly answer a few questions.

Custom Fields stuff...

XF1 did not have a Custom Fields system. If developers wanted to implement custom fields in their addons, they had to do so on their own (they were completely isolated systems with no core functions). This allowed developers the freedom to do what ever they want to within their own systems as they did not interfere with other systems, which I did quite a bit of experimenting with things like Field Search (multiple versions of it), Filtering and Filter Links. Those were (and still are) experimental. I made it clear that they could be removed at any point in time IF they did not meet XenForo Coding Standards (which there are coding standards now and some of the stuff I am/was doing, I'd not do in XF2 versions of my addons(not that they are bad, its just not following strict professional coding standards)).

That brings up XF2. XF2 HAS a Custom Fields System (standardized) which developers can (and should) use to implement custom fields into their addons. I will ALWAYS use Core Handlers if there are Core Handlers available, so in XF2 versions of my addons, all the custom fields systems are using the core custom fields handler (same as Thread Fields, Resource Fields and Media Fields). That means that I am constrained to the limits of the Handler (which is NEW, so its fairly limited right now) unless I want to HACK things up (which I refuse to do as that is not following XenForo Development Standards). If it can't be done without a hacked up solution, I won't do it.

Core XF itself does NOT have any Custom Field Searching or Custom Field Filtering (nor does the Custom Fields System have any functions, methods, JS etc for handling those types of features). My HOPE (since its a very liked suggestion for both Resource Fields and Thread Fields) is that XenForo at some point will implement Custom Field Searching and Filtering for Thread Fields, Resource Fields and Media Fields. When (IF) they do, I will implement the same exact functionality into my addons.

So to answer your question about IF I have plans to implement Custom Field Searching/Filtering into my XF2 addons at some point, the answer is YES, however, that is 100% dependent on if XenForo enhances the Custom Fields system and implements custom field searching/filtering themselves.

In the mean time, AddonsLab has invested a TON of money into a 3rd party addon that is very similar to the experimental custom fields searching/filtering that I had in XF1 versions of my addons. There are quite a few people that have been using the Thread Fields and Resource Fields versions of it and so far, its got high praises. Its not that expensive ($49) and if it gives you the functionality that you want, its probably well worth it, even if temporary.


Attachment Image Captions...

My Addons use the Core XenForo Attachment Handler. the Core XenForo Attachment Handler does not have an "image caption" feature. Its one of the most requested features for XenForo, so its a pretty high probability that XenForo will add this at some point (which when they do, it will automagically be implemented within all addons that implement attachments because its a standardize system that uses Core Template Macros that are shared by all content types that implement attachments.

NOTE: Neither of these are open for discussion/debate, so I am going to LOCK this as the questions have been answered and the answers are not going to change.