Makes it so the when sorting and ignoring prefixes, they are actually ignored

server/controllers/LibraryController.js

@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class LibraryController {
           } else if (payload.sortBy === 'addedAt') {
             return se.addedAt
           } else { // sort by name
-            return this.db.serverSettings.sortingIgnorePrefix ? se.nameIgnorePrefix : se.name
+            return this.db.serverSettings.sortingIgnorePrefix ? se.nameIgnorePrefixSort : se.name
           }
         }
       }

server/objects/metadata/BookMetadata.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const Logger = require('../../Logger')
-const { areEquivalent, copyValue, cleanStringForSearch, getTitleIgnorePrefix } = require('../../utils/index')
+const { areEquivalent, copyValue, cleanStringForSearch, getTitleIgnorePrefix, getTitlePrefixAtEnd } = require('../../utils/index')
 const parseNameString = require('../../utils/parsers/parseNameString')
 class BookMetadata {
   constructor(metadata) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class BookMetadata {
   toJSONMinified() {
     return {
       title: this.title,
-      titleIgnorePrefix: this.titleIgnorePrefix,
+      titleIgnorePrefix: this.titlePrefixAtEnd,
       subtitle: this.subtitle,
       authorName: this.authorName,
       authorNameLF: this.authorNameLF,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class BookMetadata {
   toJSONExpanded() {
     return {
       title: this.title,
-      titleIgnorePrefix: this.titleIgnorePrefix,
+      titleIgnorePrefix: this.titlePrefixAtEnd,
       subtitle: this.subtitle,
       authors: this.authors.map(a => ({ ...a })), // Author JSONMinimal with name and id
       narrators: [...this.narrators],
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ class BookMetadata {
   get titleIgnorePrefix() {
     return getTitleIgnorePrefix(this.title)
   }
+  get titlePrefixAtEnd() {
+    return getTitlePrefixAtEnd(this.title)
+  }
   get authorName() {
     if (!this.authors.length) return ''
     return this.authors.map(au => au.name).join(', ')
@@ -133,6 +136,13 @@ class BookMetadata {
       return `${getTitleIgnorePrefix(se.name)} #${se.sequence}`
     }).join(', ')
   }
+  get seriesNamePrefixAtEnd() {
+    if (!this.series.length) return ''
+    return this.series.map(se => {
+      if (!se.sequence) return getTitlePrefixAtEnd(se.name)
+      return `${getTitlePrefixAtEnd(se.name)} #${se.sequence}`
+    }).join(', ')
+  }
   get firstSeriesName() {
     if (!this.series.length) return ''
     return this.series[0].name

server/objects/metadata/PodcastMetadata.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const Logger = require('../../Logger')
-const { areEquivalent, copyValue, cleanStringForSearch } = require('../../utils/index')
+const { areEquivalent, copyValue, cleanStringForSearch, getTitleIgnorePrefix, getTitlePrefixAtEnd } = require('../../utils/index')
 
 class PodcastMetadata {
   constructor(metadata) {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class PodcastMetadata {
   toJSONMinified() {
     return {
       title: this.title,
-      titleIgnorePrefix: this.titleIgnorePrefix,
+      titleIgnorePrefix: this.titlePrefixAtEnd,
       author: this.author,
       description: this.description,
       releaseDate: this.releaseDate,
@@ -80,15 +80,11 @@ class PodcastMetadata {
   }
 
   get titleIgnorePrefix() {
-    if (!this.title) return ''
-    var prefixesToIgnore = global.ServerSettings.sortingPrefixes || []
-    for (const prefix of prefixesToIgnore) {
-      // e.g. for prefix "the". If title is "The Book Title" return "Book Title, The"
-      if (this.title.toLowerCase().startsWith(`${prefix} `)) {
-        return this.title.substr(prefix.length + 1) + `, ${prefix.substr(0, 1).toUpperCase() + prefix.substr(1)}`
+    return getTitleIgnorePrefix(this.title)
   }
-    }
-    return this.title
+
+  get titlePrefixAtEnd() {
+    return getTitlePrefixAtEnd(this.title)
   }
 
   searchQuery(query) { // Returns key if match is found

server/objects/metadata/VideoMetadata.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const Logger = require('../../Logger')
-const { areEquivalent, copyValue } = require('../../utils/index')
+const { areEquivalent, copyValue, getTitleIgnorePrefix, getTitlePrefixAtEnd } = require('../../utils/index')
 
 class VideoMetadata {
   constructor(metadata) {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class VideoMetadata {
   toJSONMinified() {
     return {
       title: this.title,
-      titleIgnorePrefix: this.titleIgnorePrefix,
+      titleIgnorePrefix: this.titlePrefixAtEnd,
       description: this.description,
       explicit: this.explicit,
       language: this.language
@@ -48,15 +48,11 @@ class VideoMetadata {
   }
 
   get titleIgnorePrefix() {
-    if (!this.title) return ''
-    var prefixesToIgnore = global.ServerSettings.sortingPrefixes || []
-    for (const prefix of prefixesToIgnore) {
-      // e.g. for prefix "the". If title is "The Book Title" return "Book Title, The"
-      if (this.title.toLowerCase().startsWith(`${prefix} `)) {
-        return this.title.substr(prefix.length + 1) + `, ${prefix.substr(0, 1).toUpperCase() + prefix.substr(1)}`
+    return getTitleIgnorePrefix(this.title)
   }
-    }
-    return this.title
+
+  get titlePrefixAtEnd() {
+    return getTitlePrefixAtEnd(this.title)
   }
 
   searchQuery(query) { // Returns key if match is found

server/utils/index.js

@@ -140,14 +140,24 @@ module.exports.cleanStringForSearch = (str) => {
   return str.toLowerCase().replace(/[\'\.\`\",]/g, '').trim()
 }
 
-module.exports.getTitleIgnorePrefix = (title) => {
-  if (!title) return ''
+const getTitleParts = (title) => {
+  if (!title) return ['', null]
   var prefixesToIgnore = global.ServerSettings.sortingPrefixes || []
+  prefixes = []
   for (const prefix of prefixesToIgnore) {
     // e.g. for prefix "the". If title is "The Book" return "Book, The"
     if (title.toLowerCase().startsWith(`${prefix} `)) {
-      return title.substr(prefix.length + 1) + `, ${prefix.substr(0, 1).toUpperCase() + prefix.substr(1)}`
+      return [title.substr(prefix.length + 1), `${prefix.substr(0, 1).toUpperCase() + prefix.substr(1)}`]
     }
   }
-  return title
+  return [title, null]
+}
+
+module.exports.getTitleIgnorePrefix = (title) => {
+  return getTitleParts(title)[0]
+}
+
+module.exports.getTitlePrefixAtEnd = (title) => {
+  let [sort, prefix] = getTitleParts(title)
+  return prefix ? `${sort}, ${prefix}` : title
 }

server/utils/libraryHelpers.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const { sort, createNewSortInstance } = require('../libs/fastSort')
-const { getTitleIgnorePrefix, isNullOrNaN } = require('../utils/index')
+const { getTitlePrefixAtEnd, isNullOrNaN, getTitleIgnorePrefix } = require('../utils/index')
 const naturalSort = createNewSortInstance({
   comparer: new Intl.Collator(undefined, { numeric: true, sensitivity: 'base' }).compare
 })
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ module.exports = {
           _series[bookSeriesObj.id] = {
             id: bookSeriesObj.id,
             name: bookSeriesObj.name,
-            nameIgnorePrefix: getTitleIgnorePrefix(bookSeriesObj.name),
+            nameIgnorePrefix: getTitlePrefixAtEnd(bookSeriesObj.name),
+            nameIgnorePrefixSort: getTitleIgnorePrefix(bookSeriesObj.name),
             type: 'series',
             books: [abJson],
             addedAt: series ? series.addedAt : 0,