cds-snc / cds-snc/platform-forms-client
More flexible lookup - Currently input must exactly match when searching for countries with accents [Address Complete]
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- TypeScript
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Description
## Description
Searching for countries with accents in French ex: États-Unis, does not always lead to a result if the accent is missing from the lookup input. Possible to make sure all similar characters yield expected results for users?
## Context
https://cds-snc.freshdesk.com/a/tickets/29627
> For a searchable list, should accented characters be considered equivalent to their unaccented counterparts? In French at least? I noticed that while using the new Address Complete country widget and looking for "États-Unis" in the French form and not getting anything with an initial "E". It works with "É" only. Same for "Taïwan", "Tai" does not find anything.
## Related
#7742
#7709
#7788
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the Address Complete country widget and reproduce the French-form searches for "Etats-Unis" and "Taiwan" described in the issue, then review related issues #7742, #7709, and #7788. Done means accented and unaccented lookup inputs return the expected country results consistently.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- nextjs, typescript
- Domain
- frontend, localization, search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100