All: Support natural sorting by title (#4272)

packages/app-cli/tests/models_Note.ts

@@ -271,4 +271,48 @@ describe('models_Note', function() {
 		expect(result).toBe(`[](:/${note1.id})`);
 	}));
 
+	it('should perform natural sorting', (async () => {
+		const folder1 = await Folder.save({});
+
+		const sortedNotes = await Note.previews(folder1.id, {
+			fields: ['id', 'title'],
+			order: [{ by: 'title', dir: 'ASC' }],
+		});
+		expect(sortedNotes.length).toBe(0);
+
+		const note0 = await Note.save({ title: 'A3', parent_id: folder1.id, is_todo: false });
+		const note1 = await Note.save({ title: 'A20', parent_id: folder1.id, is_todo: false });
+		const note2 = await Note.save({ title: 'A100', parent_id: folder1.id, is_todo: false });
+		const note3 = await Note.save({ title: 'égalité', parent_id: folder1.id, is_todo: false });
+		const note4 = await Note.save({ title: 'z', parent_id: folder1.id, is_todo: false });
+
+		const sortedNotes2 = await Note.previews(folder1.id, {
+			fields: ['id', 'title'],
+			order: [{ by: 'title', dir: 'ASC' }],
+		});
+		expect(sortedNotes2.length).toBe(5);
+		expect(sortedNotes2[0].id).toBe(note0.id);
+		expect(sortedNotes2[1].id).toBe(note1.id);
+		expect(sortedNotes2[2].id).toBe(note2.id);
+		expect(sortedNotes2[3].id).toBe(note3.id);
+		expect(sortedNotes2[4].id).toBe(note4.id);
+
+		const todo3 = Note.changeNoteType(note3, 'todo');
+		const todo4 = Note.changeNoteType(note4, 'todo');
+		await Note.save(todo3);
+		await Note.save(todo4);
+
+		const sortedNotes3 = await Note.previews(folder1.id, {
+			fields: ['id', 'title'],
+			order: [{ by: 'title', dir: 'ASC' }],
+			uncompletedTodosOnTop: true,
+		});
+		expect(sortedNotes3.length).toBe(5);
+		expect(sortedNotes3[0].id).toBe(note3.id);
+		expect(sortedNotes3[1].id).toBe(note4.id);
+		expect(sortedNotes3[2].id).toBe(note0.id);
+		expect(sortedNotes3[3].id).toBe(note1.id);
+		expect(sortedNotes3[4].id).toBe(note2.id);
+	}));
+
 });

packages/app-mobile/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
  * give correct results when using with locales other than en-US.  Note that
  * this variant is about 6MiB larger per architecture than default.
  */
-def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc:+'
+ 
+// We need the intl variant to support natural sorting of notes.
+// https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/pull/4272
+def jscFlavor = 'org.webkit:android-jsc-intl:+'
 
 /**
  * Whether to enable the Hermes VM.

packages/lib/models/Note.js

@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ class Note extends BaseItem {
 			return noteFieldComp(a.id, b.id);
 		};
 
+		const collator = this.getNaturalSortingCollator();
+
 		return notes.sort((a, b) => {
 			if (noteOnTop(a) && !noteOnTop(b)) return -1;
 			if (!noteOnTop(a) && noteOnTop(b)) return +1;
@@ -272,8 +274,13 @@ class Note extends BaseItem {
 				let bProp = b[order.by];
 				if (typeof aProp === 'string') aProp = aProp.toLowerCase();
 				if (typeof bProp === 'string') bProp = bProp.toLowerCase();
-				if (aProp < bProp) r = +1;
-				if (aProp > bProp) r = -1;
+
+				if (order.by === 'title') {
+					r = -1 * collator.compare(aProp, bProp);
+				} else {
+					if (aProp < bProp) r = +1;
+					if (aProp > bProp) r = -1;
+				}
 				if (order.dir == 'ASC') r = -r;
 				if (r !== 0) return r;
 			}
@@ -377,6 +384,7 @@ class Note extends BaseItem {
 			tempOptions.conditions = cond;
 
 			const uncompletedTodos = await this.search(tempOptions);
+			this.handleTitleNaturalSorting(uncompletedTodos, tempOptions);
 
 			cond = options.conditions.slice();
 			if (hasNotes && hasTodos) {
@@ -389,6 +397,7 @@ class Note extends BaseItem {
 			tempOptions.conditions = cond;
 			if ('limit' in tempOptions) tempOptions.limit -= uncompletedTodos.length;
 			const theRest = await this.search(tempOptions);
+			this.handleTitleNaturalSorting(theRest, tempOptions);
 
 			return uncompletedTodos.concat(theRest);
 		}
@@ -401,7 +410,10 @@ class Note extends BaseItem {
 			options.conditions.push('is_todo = 1');
 		}
 
-		return this.search(options);
+		const results = await this.search(options);
+		this.handleTitleNaturalSorting(results, options);
+
+		return results;
 	}
 
 	static preview(noteId, options = null) {
@@ -862,6 +874,17 @@ class Note extends BaseItem {
 		}
 	}
 
+	static handleTitleNaturalSorting(items, options) {
+		if (options.order.length > 0 && options.order[0].by === 'title') {
+			const collator = this.getNaturalSortingCollator();
+			items.sort((a, b) => ((options.order[0].dir === 'ASC') ? 1 : -1) * collator.compare(a.title, b.title));
+		}
+	}
+
+	static getNaturalSortingCollator() {
+		return new Intl.Collator(undefined, { numeric: true, sensitivity: 'base' });
+	}
+
 }
 
 Note.updateGeolocationEnabled_ = true;