Merge pull request #55698 from nyomanjyotisa/issue-53671-2

User's name containing accent not shown in results if no accent in search query

Author: MonilBhavsar

src/libs/OptionsListUtils.ts

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ import {
     shouldReportShowSubscript,
 } from './ReportUtils';
 import type {OptionData} from './ReportUtils';
+import StringUtils from './StringUtils';
 import {getTaskCreatedMessage, getTaskReportActionMessage} from './TaskUtils';
 import {generateAccountID} from './UserUtils';
 
@@ -1839,29 +1840,31 @@ function filteredPersonalDetailsOfRecentReports(recentReports: OptionData[], per
  * Filters options based on the search input value
  */
 function filterReports(reports: OptionData[], searchTerms: string[]): OptionData[] {
+    const normalizedSearchTerms = searchTerms.map((term) => StringUtils.normalizeAccents(term));
     // We search eventually for multiple whitespace separated search terms.
     // We start with the search term at the end, and then narrow down those filtered search results with the next search term.
     // We repeat (reduce) this until all search terms have been used:
-    const filteredReports = searchTerms.reduceRight(
+    const filteredReports = normalizedSearchTerms.reduceRight(
         (items, term) =>
             filterArrayByMatch(items, term, (item) => {
                 const values: string[] = [];
                 if (item.text) {
-                    values.push(item.text);
+                    values.push(StringUtils.normalizeAccents(item.text));
+                    values.push(StringUtils.normalizeAccents(item.text).replace(/['-]/g, ''));
                 }
 
                 if (item.login) {
-                    values.push(item.login);
-                    values.push(item.login.replace(CONST.EMAIL_SEARCH_REGEX, ''));
+                    values.push(StringUtils.normalizeAccents(item.login));
+                    values.push(StringUtils.normalizeAccents(item.login.replace(CONST.EMAIL_SEARCH_REGEX, '')));
                 }
 
                 if (item.isThread) {
                     if (item.alternateText) {
-                        values.push(item.alternateText);
+                        values.push(StringUtils.normalizeAccents(item.alternateText));
                     }
                 } else if (!!item.isChatRoom || !!item.isPolicyExpenseChat) {
                     if (item.subtitle) {
-                        values.push(item.subtitle);
+                        values.push(StringUtils.normalizeAccents(item.subtitle));
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -2125,6 +2128,7 @@ export {
     filterWorkspaceChats,
     orderWorkspaceOptions,
     filterSelfDMChat,
+    filterReports,
 };
 
 export type {Section, SectionBase, MemberForList, Options, OptionList, SearchOption, PayeePersonalDetails, Option, OptionTree, ReportAndPersonalDetailOptions, GetUserToInviteConfig};

tests/unit/OptionsListUtilsTest.ts

@@ -1251,4 +1251,14 @@ describe('OptionsListUtils', () => {
             expect(result?.reportID).toEqual(REPORT.reportID);
         });
     });
+
+    describe('filterReports', () => {
+        it('should match a user with an accented name when searching using non-accented characters', () => {
+            const reports = [{text: "Álex Timón D'artagnan Zo-e"} as ReportUtils.OptionData];
+            const searchTerms = ['Alex Timon Dartagnan Zoe'];
+            const filteredReports = OptionsListUtils.filterReports(reports, searchTerms);
+
+            expect(filteredReports).toEqual(reports);
+        });
+    });
 });