Show exact match first!

links/search_views.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from itertools import chain
 from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.views.generic import ListView
 from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
-from django.db.models import Q, Value, CharField
+from django.db.models import Q, Value, CharField, IntegerField, Case, When
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.text import slugify
 from .models import Link, Page, Post
@@ -244,7 +244,16 @@ def search_api_v2(request):
 
 def search_aliases(request):
     query = request.GET.get('q', '').strip()
-    links = Link.objects.filter(alias__icontains=query)[:10]
+    
+    # Prioritize results: exact match first, then starts with, then contains
+    links = Link.objects.filter(alias__icontains=query).annotate(
+        priority=Case(
+            When(alias__iexact=query, then=Value(1)),
+            When(alias__istartswith=query, then=Value(2)),
+            default=Value(3),
+            output_field=IntegerField()
+        )
+    ).order_by('priority', 'alias')[:10]
 
     results = []
     for link in links: