Add support for DEBUG_SEARCH_WEIGHTS

Author: Gerrit0

.config/typedoc.json

@@ -28,5 +28,12 @@
         "external": false,
         "@internal": false
     },
+    "searchGroupBoosts": {
+        "Classes": 2.0,
+        "Interfaces": 2.0,
+        "Enumerations": 2.0,
+        "Type Aliases": 2.0
+    },
+    "searchInComments": true,
     "logLevel": "Verbose"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+### Features
+
+-   The `DEBUG_SEARCH_WEIGHTS` global variable can now be set on `window` to add search scoring information in the search results.
+
 ## v0.23.4 (2022-07-02)
 
 ### Bug Fixes

src/lib/output/themes/default/assets/typedoc/components/Search.ts

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ function updateResults(
         // boost by exact match on name
         if (row.name.toLowerCase().startsWith(searchText.toLowerCase())) {
             boost *=
-                1 + 1 / (Math.abs(row.name.length - searchText.length) * 10);
+                1 + 1 / (1 + Math.abs(row.name.length - searchText.length));
         }
 
         item.score *= boost;
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ function updateResults(
 
         // Bold the matched part of the query in the search results
         let name = boldMatches(row.name, searchText);
+        if (globalThis.DEBUG_SEARCH_WEIGHTS) {
+            name += ` (score: ${res[i].score.toFixed(2)})`;
+        }
         if (row.parent) {
             name = `<span class="parent">${boldMatches(
                 row.parent,