From 64e3dd7e00a72218b072405102acf161da7ba9dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Amlung <jamlung@regenstrief.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:05:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] #1681 - Enhance LocaleAutoComplete filtering to prioritize
 exact matches based on user input

---
 src/components/common/LocaleAutoComplete.jsx | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/components/common/LocaleAutoComplete.jsx b/src/components/common/LocaleAutoComplete.jsx
index 0b5b82de..2bd5efb6 100644
--- a/src/components/common/LocaleAutoComplete.jsx
+++ b/src/components/common/LocaleAutoComplete.jsx
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ const LocaleAutoComplete = ({ cachedLocales, id, selected, multiple, required, o
   const defaultFilterOptions = createFilterOptions();
   const filterOptions = (options, state) => {
     let result = defaultFilterOptions(options, state)
+    if(state.inputValue) {
+      const inputLower = state.inputValue.toLowerCase().trim()
+      result = [
+        ...result.filter(opt => opt.id?.toLowerCase() === inputLower),
+        ...result.filter(opt => opt.id?.toLowerCase() !== inputLower)
+      ]
+    }
     if(optionsLimit) {
       let _limit = optionsLimit
       if(custom)