[PR #8171] [MERGED] prioritise category name matches over group matches in the category autocomplete #131739

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/pull/8171
Author: @matt-fidd
Created: 6/9/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 6/12/2026
Merged by: @matt-fidd

Base: master ← Head: search-category-devalue-group


📝 Commits (4)

📊 Changes

4 files changed (+129 additions, -29 deletions)

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📝 packages/desktop-client/src/components/autocomplete/CategoryAutocomplete.tsx (+3 -29)
➕ packages/desktop-client/src/components/autocomplete/filterCategorySuggestions.test.ts (+70 -0)
➕ packages/desktop-client/src/components/autocomplete/filterCategorySuggestions.ts (+50 -0)
➕ upcoming-release-notes/search-category-devalue-group.md (+6 -0)

📄 Description

Description

Tests written by Claude

This was bugging me, I've got a group called savings, and a category within that called "Savings/Investments". Recently, it started showing me the whole group when I searched for "sav" instead of getting the category I wanted.

Related issue(s)

Testing

Using my budget file:
Before:
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After:
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Checklist

  • Release notes added (see link above)
  • No obvious regressions in affected areas
  • Self-review has been performed - I have read every line of this diff and can explain what each change does and why it is needed

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desktop-client 37 14.13 MB → 14.13 MB (+392 B) +0.00%
loot-core 1 5.28 MB 0%
api 2 3.87 MB 0%
cli 1 7.97 MB 0%
crdt 1 11.12 kB 0%
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37 14.13 MB → 14.13 MB (+392 B) +0.00%
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src/components/autocomplete/filterCategorySuggestions.ts 🆕 +1.01 kB 0 B → 1.01 kB
src/components/autocomplete/CategoryAutocomplete.tsx 📉 -646 B (-4.07%) 15.52 kB → 14.89 kB
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🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/pull/8171 **Author:** [@matt-fidd](https://github.com/matt-fidd) **Created:** 6/9/2026 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 6/12/2026 **Merged by:** [@matt-fidd](https://github.com/matt-fidd) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `search-category-devalue-group` --- ### 📝 Commits (4) - [`390412c`](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/commit/390412cba25c8000b1c143865ad740939cf55c0b) rank name matches above group matches - [`feab469`](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/commit/feab4691985a933919be8a8afc472323008c13b8) make testable - [`4c2031b`](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/commit/4c2031b57af32b143045d0a19c708e831131fc98) [AI] add test - [`7c1b74a`](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/commit/7c1b74ad74289c34229515330bdd1e15c29bd1ec) note ### 📊 Changes **4 files changed** (+129 additions, -29 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `packages/desktop-client/src/components/autocomplete/CategoryAutocomplete.tsx` (+3 -29) ➕ `packages/desktop-client/src/components/autocomplete/filterCategorySuggestions.test.ts` (+70 -0) ➕ `packages/desktop-client/src/components/autocomplete/filterCategorySuggestions.ts` (+50 -0) ➕ `upcoming-release-notes/search-category-devalue-group.md` (+6 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description <!-- Thank you for submitting a pull request! Make sure to follow the instructions to write release notes for your PR — it should only take a minute or two: https://actualbudget.org/docs/contributing/#writing-good-release-notes. Try running yarn generate:release-notes *before* pushing your PR for an interactive experience. --> ## Description <!-- What does this PR do? Why is it needed? Please give context on the "why?": why do we need this change? What problem is it solving for you?--> <!-- If AI tools wrote a significant part of this change, please disclose it here and name the tool you used. See https://actualbudget.org/docs/contributing/ai-usage-policy --> Tests written by Claude This was bugging me, I've got a group called savings, and a category within that called "Savings/Investments". Recently, it started showing me the whole group when I searched for "sav" instead of getting the category I wanted. ## Related issue(s) <!-- e.g. Fixes #123, Relates to #456 --> ## Testing <!-- What did you test? How can we reproduce the issue you are fixing or how can we test the feature you built? --> Using my budget file: Before: <img width="213" height="280" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8f1a5888-9c90-4c0f-8273-885a2c6524a9" /> After: <img width="216" height="279" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/896a6ba4-95d1-48c9-893d-9ba7961a4686" /> ## Checklist - [x] Release notes added (see link above) - [x] No obvious regressions in affected areas - [x] Self-review has been performed - I have read every line of this diff and can explain what each change does and why it is needed <!--- actual-bot-sections ---> <!--- bundlestats-action-comment key:combined start ---> ### Bundle Stats Bundle | Files count | Total bundle size | % Changed ------ | ----------- | ----------------- | --------- desktop-client | 37 | 14.13 MB → 14.13 MB (+392 B) | +0.00% loot-core | 1 | 5.28 MB | 0% api | 2 | 3.87 MB | 0% cli | 1 | 7.97 MB | 0% crdt | 1 | 11.12 kB | 0% <details> <summary>View detailed bundle stats</summary> #### desktop-client **Total** Files count | Total bundle size | % Changed ----------- | ----------------- | --------- 37 | 14.13 MB → 14.13 MB (+392 B) | +0.00% <details> <summary>Changeset</summary> File | Δ | Size ---- | - | ---- `src/components/autocomplete/filterCategorySuggestions.ts` | 🆕 +1.01 kB | 0 B → 1.01 kB `src/components/autocomplete/CategoryAutocomplete.tsx` | 📉 -646 B (-4.07%) | 15.52 kB → 14.89 kB </details> <details> <summary>View detailed bundle breakdown</summary> <div> **Added** No assets were added **Removed** No assets were removed **Bigger** Asset | File Size | % Changed ----- | --------- | --------- static/js/Value.js | 5.08 MB → 5.08 MB (+392 B) | +0.01% **Smaller** No assets were smaller **Unchanged** Asset | File Size | % Changed ----- | --------- | --------- static/js/index.js | 1.6 MB | 0% static/js/BackgroundImage.js | 121.09 kB | 0% static/js/FormulaEditor.js | 962.55 kB | 0% static/js/ManageRules.js | 46.63 kB | 0% static/js/PayeeRuleCountLabel.js | 7.33 kB | 0% static/js/ReportRouter.js | 1.27 MB | 0% static/js/ScheduleEditForm.js | 146.57 kB | 0% static/js/SchedulesTable.js | 206.3 kB | 0% static/js/TransactionEdit.js | 90.63 kB | 0% static/js/TransactionList.js | 85.81 kB | 0% static/js/_baseIsEqual.js | 98.38 kB | 0% static/js/ca.js | 185.63 kB | 0% static/js/client.js | 451.37 kB | 0% static/js/da.js | 100.19 kB | 0% static/js/de.js | 173.68 kB | 0% static/js/en-GB.js | 9.25 kB | 0% static/js/en.js | 201.61 kB | 0% static/js/es.js | 177.58 kB | 0% static/js/extends.js | 508.79 kB | 0% static/js/fr.js | 177.35 kB | 0% static/js/indexeddb-main-thread-worker-e59fee74.js | 13.46 kB | 0% static/js/it.js | 163.93 kB | 0% static/js/narrow.js | 365.05 kB | 0% static/js/nb-NO.js | 147.07 kB | 0% static/js/nl.js | 119.71 kB | 0% static/js/pt-BR.js | 187.34 kB | 0% static/js/resize-observer.js | 18.06 kB | 0% static/js/th.js | 173.33 kB | 0% static/js/theme.js | 31.88 kB | 0% static/js/toString.js | 705.18 kB | 0% static/js/uk.js | 216.7 kB | 0% static/js/useFormatList.js | 2.52 kB | 0% static/js/useTransactionBatchActions.js | 9.71 kB | 0% static/js/wide.js | 298.88 kB | 0% static/js/workbox-window.prod.es5.js | 7.33 kB | 0% static/js/zh-Hans.js | 116.44 kB | 0% </div> </details> --- #### loot-core **Total** Files count | Total bundle size | % Changed ----------- | ----------------- | --------- 1 | 5.28 MB | 0% <details> <summary>View detailed bundle breakdown</summary> <div> **Added** No assets were added **Removed** No assets were removed **Bigger** No assets were bigger **Smaller** No assets were smaller **Unchanged** Asset | File Size | % Changed ----- | --------- | --------- kcab.worker.C3iXgrGb.js | 5.28 MB | 0% </div> </details> --- #### api **Total** Files count | Total bundle size | % Changed ----------- | ----------------- | --------- 2 | 3.87 MB | 0% <details> <summary>View detailed bundle breakdown</summary> <div> **Added** No assets were added **Removed** No assets were removed **Bigger** No assets were bigger **Smaller** No assets were smaller **Unchanged** Asset | File Size | % Changed ----- | --------- | --------- index.js | 3.87 MB | 0% models.js | 0 B | 0% </div> </details> --- #### cli **Total** Files count | Total bundle size | % Changed ----------- | ----------------- | --------- 1 | 7.97 MB | 0% <details> <summary>View detailed bundle breakdown</summary> <div> **Added** No assets were added **Removed** No assets were removed **Bigger** No assets were bigger **Smaller** No assets were smaller **Unchanged** Asset | File Size | % Changed ----- | --------- | --------- cli.js | 7.97 MB | 0% </div> </details> --- #### crdt **Total** Files count | Total bundle size | % Changed ----------- | ----------------- | --------- 1 | 11.12 kB | 0% <details> <summary>View detailed bundle breakdown</summary> <div> **Added** No assets were added **Removed** No assets were removed **Bigger** No assets were bigger **Smaller** No assets were smaller **Unchanged** Asset | File Size | % Changed ----- | --------- | --------- index.js | 11.12 kB | 0% </div> </details> </details> <!--- bundlestats-action-comment key:combined end ---> --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>
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Reference: github-starred/actual#131739