Sort short/exact emoji matches before longer incomplete matches

src/autocomplete/EmojiProvider.tsx

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import React from "react";
-import { uniq, sortBy, ListIteratee } from "lodash";
+import { uniq, sortBy, uniqBy, ListIteratee } from "lodash";
 import EMOTICON_REGEX from "emojibase-regex/emoticon";
 import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export default class EmojiProvider extends AutocompleteProvider {
             // Do second match with shouldMatchWordsOnly in order to match against 'name'
             completions = completions.concat(this.nameMatcher.match(matchedString));
 
-            let sorters: ListIteratee<ISortedEmoji>[] = [];
+            const sorters: ListIteratee<ISortedEmoji>[] = [];
             // make sure that emoticons come first
             sorters.push((c) => score(matchedString, c.emoji.emoticon || ""));
 
@@ -140,11 +140,27 @@ export default class EmojiProvider extends AutocompleteProvider {
             completions = completions.slice(0, LIMIT);
 
             // Do a second sort to place emoji matching with frequently used one on top
-            sorters = [];
+            const recentlyUsedAutocomplete: ISortedEmoji[] = [];
             this.recentlyUsed.forEach((emoji) => {
-                sorters.push((c) => score(emoji.shortcodes[0], c.emoji.shortcodes[0]));
+                if (emoji.shortcodes[0].indexOf(trimmedMatch) === 0) {
+                    recentlyUsedAutocomplete.push({ emoji: emoji, _orderBy: 0 });
+                }
             });
-            completions = sortBy<ISortedEmoji>(uniq(completions), sorters);
+
+            //if there is an exact shortcode match in the frequently used emojis, it goes before everything
+            for (let i = 0; i < recentlyUsedAutocomplete.length; i++) {
+                if (recentlyUsedAutocomplete[i].emoji.shortcodes[0] === trimmedMatch) {
+                    const exactMatchEmoji = recentlyUsedAutocomplete[i];
+                    for (let j = i; j > 0; j--) {
+                        recentlyUsedAutocomplete[j] = recentlyUsedAutocomplete[j - 1];
+                    }
+                    recentlyUsedAutocomplete[0] = exactMatchEmoji;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            completions = recentlyUsedAutocomplete.concat(completions);
+            completions = uniqBy(completions, "emoji");
 
             return completions.map((c) => ({
                 completion: c.emoji.unicode,

src/components/views/emojipicker/EmojiPicker.tsx

@@ -194,10 +194,30 @@ class EmojiPicker extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                 emojis = cat.id === "recent" ? this.recentlyUsed : DATA_BY_CATEGORY[cat.id];
             }
             emojis = emojis.filter((emoji) => this.emojiMatchesFilter(emoji, lcFilter));
+            emojis = emojis.sort((a, b) => {
+                const indexA = a.shortcodes[0].indexOf(lcFilter);
+                const indexB = b.shortcodes[0].indexOf(lcFilter);
+
+                // Prioritize emojis containing the filter in its shortcode
+                if (indexA == -1 || indexB == -1) {
+                    return indexB - indexA;
+                }
+
+                // If both emojis start with the filter
+                // put the shorter emoji first
+                if (indexA == 0 && indexB == 0) {
+                    return a.shortcodes[0].length - b.shortcodes[0].length;
+                }
+
+                // Prioritize emojis starting with the filter
+                return indexA - indexB;
+            });
             this.memoizedDataByCategory[cat.id] = emojis;
             cat.enabled = emojis.length > 0;
             // The setState below doesn't re-render the header and we already have the refs for updateVisibility, so...
-            cat.ref.current.disabled = !cat.enabled;
+            if (cat.ref.current) {
+                cat.ref.current.disabled = !cat.enabled;
+            }
         }
         this.setState({ filter });
         // Header underlines need to be updated, but updating requires knowing

test/autocomplete/EmojiProvider-test.ts

@@ -69,20 +69,30 @@ describe("EmojiProvider", function () {
         },
     );
 
-    it("Returns correct autocompletion based on recently used emoji", async function () {
+    it("Recently used emojis are correctly sorted", async function () {
         add("😘"); //kissing_heart
-        add("😘");
-        add("😚"); //kissing_closed_eyes
-        const emojiProvider = new EmojiProvider(null!);
+        add("💗"); //heartpulse
+        add("💗"); //heartpulse
+        add("😍"); //heart_eyes
 
-        let completionsList = await emojiProvider.getCompletions(":kis", { beginning: true, end: 3, start: 3 });
-        expect(completionsList[0].component!.props.title).toEqual(":kissing_heart:");
-        expect(completionsList[1].component!.props.title).toEqual(":kissing_closed_eyes:");
+        const ep = new EmojiProvider(testRoom);
+        const completionsList = await ep.getCompletions(":heart", { beginning: true, start: 0, end: 6 });
+        expect(completionsList[0]?.component?.props.title).toEqual(":heartpulse:");
+        expect(completionsList[1]?.component?.props.title).toEqual(":heart_eyes:");
+    });
 
-        completionsList = await emojiProvider.getCompletions(":kissing_c", { beginning: true, end: 3, start: 3 });
-        expect(completionsList[0].component!.props.title).toEqual(":kissing_closed_eyes:");
+    it("Exact match in recently used takes the lead", async function () {
+        add("😘"); //kissing_heart
+        add("💗"); //heartpulse
+        add("💗"); //heartpulse
+        add("😍"); //heart_eyes
+
+        add("❤️"); //heart
+        const ep = new EmojiProvider(testRoom);
+        const completionsList = await ep.getCompletions(":heart", { beginning: true, start: 0, end: 6 });
 
-        completionsList = await emojiProvider.getCompletions(":so", { beginning: true, end: 2, start: 2 });
-        expect(completionsList[0].component!.props.title).toEqual(":sob:");
+        expect(completionsList[0]?.component?.props.title).toEqual(":heart:");
+        expect(completionsList[1]?.component?.props.title).toEqual(":heartpulse:");
+        expect(completionsList[2]?.component?.props.title).toEqual(":heart_eyes:");
     });
 });

test/components/views/emojipicker/EmojiPicker-test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import EmojiPicker from "../../../../src/components/views/emojipicker/EmojiPicker";
+import { stubClient } from "../../../test-utils";
+
+describe("EmojiPicker", function () {
+    stubClient();
+
+    it("sort emojis by shortcode and size", function () {
+        const ep = new EmojiPicker({ onChoose: (str: String) => false });
+
+        //@ts-ignore private access
+        ep.onChangeFilter("heart");
+
+        //@ts-ignore private access
+        expect(ep.memoizedDataByCategory["people"][0].shortcodes[0]).toEqual("heart");
+        //@ts-ignore private access
+        expect(ep.memoizedDataByCategory["people"][1].shortcodes[0]).toEqual("heartbeat");
+    });
+});