Added a util helper to remove accent and case to improve search logic (#14533)

# [WIP] Make Local Search Non-Accent-Sensitive

fixes(#14468)

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**Description:**  
This PR adds accent- and case-insensitive search for the
**SettingsWorkspaceMembers** component’s local search. It ensures that
searching for names or emails works correctly even if the user types
letters without accents.

**Implementation:**  
- Added a helper util: `removeAccentsAndCase(text: string)`  
- This util:
  - Normalizes text to NFD form
  - Removes diacritics (accents)
  - Converts text to lowercase
- Replaced current `.includes(searchFilter)` logic with a normalized
comparison:


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### Video ->

[Screencast from 2025-09-16
16-42-50.webm](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7035906c-9c5d-414d-81e5-74e53803628a)


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Opening a draft pr for initial strategy review before extending it to
other components.

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Co-authored-by: Félix Malfait <felix@twenty.com>
Co-authored-by: Félix Malfait <felix.malfait@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Saurav Jain
2025-09-19 20:33:43 +05:30
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parent deed08ba25
commit 8ba1dc1d94
17 changed files with 315 additions and 151 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
import { type FieldMetadataItem } from '@/object-metadata/types/FieldMetadataItem';
import { getFieldMetadataTypeLabel } from '@/object-record/object-filter-dropdown/utils/getFieldMetadataTypeLabel';
import { DO_NOT_IMPORT_OPTION_KEY } from '@/spreadsheet-import/constants/DoNotImportOptionKey';
@@ -15,11 +17,11 @@ import { ScrollWrapper } from '@/ui/utilities/scroll/components/ScrollWrapper';
import styled from '@emotion/styled';
import { useLingui } from '@lingui/react/macro';
import { isNonEmptyString } from '@sniptt/guards';
import { useState } from 'react';
import { IconForbid, IconX, useIcons } from 'twenty-ui/display';
import { type SelectOption } from 'twenty-ui/input';
import { MenuItemSelect } from 'twenty-ui/navigation';
import { type ReadonlyDeep } from 'type-fest';
import { normalizeSearchText } from '~/utils/normalizeSearchText';
const StyledContainer = styled.div`
max-height: 360px;
@@ -54,12 +56,15 @@ export const MatchColumnSelectFieldSelectDropdownContent = ({
const { availableFieldMetadataItems } = useSpreadsheetImportInternal();
const filteredAvailableFieldMetadataItems =
availableFieldMetadataItems.filter(
(field) =>
field.label.toLowerCase().includes(searchFilter.toLowerCase()) ||
field.name.toLowerCase().includes(searchFilter.toLowerCase()),
);
const filteredAvailableFieldMetadataItems = useMemo(() => {
const searchTerm = normalizeSearchText(searchFilter);
return availableFieldMetadataItems.filter((field) => {
return (
normalizeSearchText(field.label).includes(searchTerm) ||
normalizeSearchText(field.name).includes(searchTerm)
);
});
}, [availableFieldMetadataItems, searchFilter]);
const { getIcon } = useIcons();