Added wildcard highlighting and removed redundant whitespace parsing

store/sql_post_store.go

@@ -419,15 +419,15 @@ func (s SqlPostStore) Search(teamId string, userId string, terms string, isHasht
 		// cannot escape it so we replace it.
 		terms = strings.Replace(terms, "@", " ", -1)
 
-		// Parse text for wildcards
-		if wildcard, err := regexp.Compile("\\*($| )"); err == nil {
-			terms = wildcard.ReplaceAllLiteralString(terms, ":* ")
-			terms = strings.Replace(terms, "  ", " ", -1)
-		}
-
 		var posts []*model.Post
 
 		if utils.Cfg.SqlSettings.DriverName == "postgres" {
+
+			// Parse text for wildcards
+			if wildcard, err := regexp.Compile("\\*($| )"); err == nil {
+				terms = wildcard.ReplaceAllLiteralString(terms, ":* ")
+			}
+
 			searchQuery := fmt.Sprintf(`SELECT
 				    *
 				FROM

web/react/utils/utils.jsx

@@ -457,9 +457,21 @@ module.exports.textToJsx = function(text, options) {
             var mentionRegex = /^(?:@)([a-z0-9_]+)$/gi; // looks loop invariant but a weird JS bug needs it to be redefined here
             var explicitMention = mentionRegex.exec(trimWord);
 
-            if ((trimWord.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchTerm) > -1 || word.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchTerm) > -1) && searchTerm != '') {
+            if (searchTerm !== '') {
-
+                let searchWords = searchTerm.split(' ');
-                highlightSearchClass = ' search-highlight';
+                for (let idx in searchWords) {
+                    let searchWord = searchWords[idx];
+                    if (searchWord === word.toLowerCase() || searchWord === trimWord.toLowerCase()) {
+                        highlightSearchClass = ' search-highlight';
+                        break;
+                    } else if (searchWord.charAt(searchWord.length - 1) === '*') {
+                        let searchWordPrefix = searchWord.slice(0,-1);
+                        if (trimWord.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchWordPrefix) > -1 || word.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchWordPrefix) > -1) {
+                            highlightSearchClass = ' search-highlight';
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             if (explicitMention &&