ehynds/jquery-ui-multiselect-widget — Issue #221: Accents marks in filter search.
Author: fudre
Created: 2012-02-06 10:04:45+00:00
State: open

Hi,

I am using the filter feature in spanish language, with our special characters (accents marks, ñ).
Spanish search engines (google.es, yahoo.es) ignore the accents marks in a search. For example, if you search the word "estación" (with the accent mark in o), it shows the same result lisf than if you search without the accent mark in the o).

So I have the multiselect widget working in a list of words, some of them with accent marks. If you search the word without the accent mark, the filter do not show the options.

I propose to make the filter feature accent-insensitive or accent-sensitive with a configuration option. Maybe it will be usefull in other languages (french, german)

Thanks in advanced.