Ignore accents

Is there an option to ignore accents ? Example:

items: [{name: "Référence"}, {name: "Dénomination}]

If I search for reference, it won’t find Référence

Is this already possible?

Nb: it does work if you only have those two options, but with a large amount, it doesn’t.

[marciovsena]

I solved this:

const removeSpecialCharacters = str => {
  return str.normalize('NFD').replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, '')
}

const list = suggestions.map(suggestion => ({
  value: suggestion.value,
  noSpecialCharacters: removeSpecialCharacters(suggestion.value)
}))

let opts = {
  keys: ['value', 'noSpecialCharacters']
  ...
}

but I agree it could be a parameter. I will try to contribute to this if it is in your interest.

[MatthiasRMS]

@robozevel thanks for the advice, I can indeed to this! However, wouldn’t it be nice to have this built in ?

I’d be happy to work on this and make a PR. @krisk would you accept a PR to add an option ignoring diacritics ?