feat(sorts): option to ignore accent while sorting text

packages/common/src/interfaces/gridOption.interface.ts

@@ -461,6 +461,12 @@ export interface GridOption {
    */
   ignoreAccentOnStringFilter?: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Defaults to false, should we ignore any accent while sorting text?
+   * For example if our text is "José" and we type "Jose" then it won't return unless we use this flag because "é" is not equal to "e"
+   */
+  ignoreAccentOnStringSort?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * When using custom Locales (that is when user is NOT using a Translate Service, this property does nothing when used with Translate Service),
    * This is useful so that every component of the lib knows the locale.

packages/common/src/sortComparers/stringSortComparer.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Column, GridOption, SortComparer } from '../interfaces/index';
 import { SortDirectionNumber } from '../enums/sortDirectionNumber.enum';
+import { removeAccentFromText } from '../services/utilities';
 
 export const stringSortComparer: SortComparer = (value1: any, value2: any, sortDirection: number | SortDirectionNumber, sortColumn?: Column, gridOptions?: GridOption) => {
   if (sortDirection === undefined || sortDirection === null) {
@@ -14,10 +15,16 @@ export const stringSortComparer: SortComparer = (value1: any, value2: any, sortD
     position = -1;
   } else if (value2 === null || (checkForUndefinedValues && value2 === undefined)) {
     position = 1;
-  } else if (sortDirection) {
-    position = value1 < value2 ? -1 : 1;
   } else {
-    position = value1 < value2 ? 1 : -1;
+    if (gridOptions?.ignoreAccentOnStringSort){
+      value1 = removeAccentFromText(value1, false);
+      value2 = removeAccentFromText(value2, false);
+    }
+    if (sortDirection) {
+      position = value1 < value2 ? -1 : 1;
+    } else {
+      position = value1 < value2 ? 1 : -1;
+    }
   }
   return sortDirection * position;
 };