From f42b529adb3310824451e110174cfa6421ec62b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gaelle Braud <gaelle.braud@belledonne-communications.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:40:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] display exact matching result on the top of the suggestions
 list #LINQT-2433

---
 Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchList.cpp  | 4 ++++
 Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchList.hpp  | 1 +
 Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchProxy.cpp | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchList.cpp b/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchList.cpp
index cddbfe1f0..05f7339de 100644
--- a/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchList.cpp
+++ b/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchList.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ void MagicSearchList::setSearch(const QString &search) {
 	}
 }
 
+QString MagicSearchList::getSearch() const {
+	return mSearchFilter;
+}
+
 int MagicSearchList::getSourceFlags() const {
 	return mSourceFlags;
 }
diff --git a/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchList.hpp b/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchList.hpp
index bcb33bb41..3ece077f2 100644
--- a/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchList.hpp
+++ b/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchList.hpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public:
 	void setSelf(const QSharedPointer<MagicSearchList> &me);
 	void connectContact(FriendCore *data);
 	void setSearch(const QString &search);
+	QString getSearch() const;
 	void setResults(const QList<QSharedPointer<FriendCore>> &contacts);
 	void add(QSharedPointer<FriendCore> contact);
 
diff --git a/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchProxy.cpp b/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchProxy.cpp
index 3da478af7..47cc9ce20 100644
--- a/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchProxy.cpp
+++ b/Linphone/core/search/MagicSearchProxy.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ void MagicSearchProxy::setSearchText(const QString &search) {
 	if (mSearchText != search) {
 		mSearchText = search;
 		mList->setSearch(mSearchText);
+		emit searchTextChanged();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -233,6 +234,8 @@ bool MagicSearchProxy::SortFilterList::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow, const QMo
 bool MagicSearchProxy::SortFilterList::lessThan(const QModelIndex &sourceLeft, const QModelIndex &sourceRight) const {
 	auto l = getItemAtSource<MagicSearchList, FriendCore>(sourceLeft.row());
 	auto r = getItemAtSource<MagicSearchList, FriendCore>(sourceRight.row());
+	auto list = dynamic_cast<MagicSearchList *>(sourceModel());
+	QString filter = list ? list->getSearch() : QString();
 
 	if (l && r) {
 		bool lIsStored = l->getIsStored() || l->isLdap() || l->isCardDAV();
@@ -241,6 +244,8 @@ bool MagicSearchProxy::SortFilterList::lessThan(const QModelIndex &sourceLeft, c
 		else if (!lIsStored && rIsStored) return false;
 		auto lName = l->getFullName().toLower();
 		auto rName = r->getFullName().toLower();
+		if (lName == filter) return true;
+		else if (rName == filter) return false;
 		return lName < rName;
 	}
 	return true;