search bar filter should be case sensitive?

[oupala]

Describe the bug
The search bar is currently case insensitive.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open a page modified by apaxy
2. Fill the search bar with a string
3. See that the search bar is currently case insensitive

Expected behavior
I think that the search bar should be case sensitive, while I'm not sure this would be the best setting.

I'm asking opinions about that: should the search bar be case insensitive or case sensitive?

[oupala]

@woodrowbarlow Do you have an opinion about that?

[woodrowbarlow]

@oupala

my opinion is that case-insensitive is a sane default. apaxy is essentially a file browser, and if you open up any mainstream file browser with a graphical UI and search bar (finder, explorer, nautilus), these all use case-insensitive search. most don't even offer an option for case-sensitive search.

do you plan on adding some sort of config system? if you don't add a full-blown config system, there's still a middle ground: add a const variable to the top of apaxy.js so that users can set that variable to true or false.

[woodrowbarlow]

diff --git a/apaxy/theme/apaxy.js b/apaxy/theme/apaxy.js
index 2cc43b8..ed6120e 100644
--- a/apaxy/theme/apaxy.js
+++ b/apaxy/theme/apaxy.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const FILTER_CASE_SENSITIVE = false;
+
 // fix links when not adding a / at the end of the URI
 var uri = window.location.pathname.substr(1);
 if (uri.substring(uri.length - 1) !== '/') {
@@ -38,8 +40,13 @@ if (uri.substring(uri.length - 1) !== '/') {
 			}
 
 			// only check the 'name' field
-			var text = row.getElementsByTagName('td')[1].textContent.toLowerCase();
-			var val = _input.value.toLowerCase();
+			var text = row.getElementsByTagName('td')[1].textContent;
+			var val = _input.value;
+
+			if (!FILTER_CASE_SENSITIVE) {
+				text = text.toLowerCase();
+				val = val.toLowerCase();
+			}
 
 			// change display type to show / hide this row
 			row.style.display = text.indexOf(val) === -1 ? 'none' : 'table-row';

[oupala]

Thanks a lot @woodrowbarlow for your answer and for the patch.

I'm convinced by what you said about other file browsers. Meanwhile, a config system might a good idea.

Let's wait a little bit what does the community thinks about the case-sensitivity of the search.