From 7ca5c2907af4702b845ac5f125010602d835bf9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Kuzin <dmitry.kuzin@devexpress.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:00:49 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Resolve for #299: add preferred method of sort in
 autocomplete widget

---
 src/easy-autocomplete.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/easy-autocomplete.js b/src/easy-autocomplete.js
index 08530df4..50ba887b 100644
--- a/src/easy-autocomplete.js
+++ b/src/easy-autocomplete.js
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ function init(Survey, $) {
         options.list = {
           sort: {
             enabled: true,
+            method: (aStr, bStr) => {
+              const inputStr = $el.val().toLowerCase();
+              const aIndex = aStr.toLowerCase().indexOf(inputStr);
+              const bIndex = bStr.toLowerCase().indexOf(inputStr);
+              return aIndex - bIndex;
+            }
           },
           match: {
             enabled: true,