VFX Template search partial name matching does not work when Template name differs from the Asset name

Unity: Visual Effects

As Designed

6.6.X

6.5.X

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Steps to reproduce:

Open the attached project
In the Project window, observe the existing "Test" VFX asset with a Template name of "Graph"
Right-click in the project window and select the option to create a new VFX asset
In the Template window, enter "raph" into the search field that should partially match the template name
Observe the Search results

Actual results: No template is found by the search query

Expected results: Template from Step 2 is found by the search query

Reproducible with versions: 6000.5.0a8

Can’t test with versions: 6000.0.70f1, 6000.3.10f1, 6000.4.0b12, 6000.5.0a4 (No search field in the Templates window)

Tested on (OS): Windows 11, macOS 26.3.1

Notes:

Partial name matching works when entering the asset name, in this case, "est"

VFX Template search partial name matching does not work when Template name differs from the Asset name

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VFX Template search partial name matching does not work when Template name differs from the Asset name

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