[PowerToys Run] Searching without using accented characters should bring accentuated results too

[mxrsoon]

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.18363.836
PowerToys version: v0.18.2
PowerToy module for which you are reporting the bug (if applicable): PowerToys Run

Steps to reproduce

1. Have a shortcut to an app that contains accented characters in it's name (ex.: Câmera).
2. Search for it using non-accented characters (ex.: camera).

Expected behavior

The shortcut with accented characters in it's name should be displayed as a result, as Windows Search does.

Actual behavior

The shortcut with accented characters isn't one of the results.

Screenshots

Expected behavior:

Actual behavior:

[htcfreek]

What will be find if you search for a win32 application with accent in the name. I think they must be found.

Because for packaged apps only the localized name is available for search and on win32 applications it's the other way.

See #4146.

[mxrsoon]

I will check later and give a feedback.

But I think it should match acented characters in any of the two names. For example, "settings" translates to "configurações" in Brazilian Portuguese, and finding it by searching for a substring of "configuracoes" is desirable as it's faster to type without the accents. Windows Search does that.

Edit:
That's why I think this isn't related to the issue you linked to. As it solves the case present in the screenshot, but not other cases.

[crutkas]

the work here would be in the program plugin. I'd be surprised if there wasn't some type of "best practice" here for this scenario

[crutkas]

https://twitter.com/drosenwasser/status/1324501630390206464?s=21 has how we should pivot the query

[enricogior]

@wazybr
is this still not working for you in 0.27?

[mxrsoon]

@enricogior
Will check later today.

[mxrsoon]

@enricogior
Still not working.

Before accented character:

After:

[crutkas]

From the twitter earlier:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/368850

string.Compare(s1, s2, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, CompareOptions.IgnoreNonSpace | CompareOptions.IgnoreCase);

[crutkas]

Fixed with 0.29, released today. https:/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.29.0