Trim extensions when sorting filenames

src/common/Utils.ts

@@ -389,6 +389,19 @@ export class Utils {
     const sign = (parts[3] === "N" || parts[3] === "E") ? 1 : -1;
     return sign * (degrees + (minutes / 60.0))
   }
+
+
+  public static sortableFilename(filename: string): string {
+    const lastDot = filename.lastIndexOf(".");
+
+    // Avoid 0 as well as -1 to prevent empty names for extensionless dot-files
+    if (lastDot > 0) {
+      return filename.substring(0, lastDot);
+    }
+
+    // Fallback to the full name
+    return filename;
+  }
 }
 
 export class LRU<V> {

src/frontend/app/ui/gallery/navigator/sorting.service.ts

@@ -132,8 +132,20 @@ export class GallerySortingService {
     }
     switch (sorting.method) {
       case SortByTypes.Name:
-        media.sort((a: PhotoDTO, b: PhotoDTO) =>
+        media.sort((a: PhotoDTO, b: PhotoDTO) => {
-            this.collator.compare(a.name, b.name)
+          const aSortable = Utils.sortableFilename(a.name)
+          const bSortable = Utils.sortableFilename(b.name)
+
+          if (aSortable === bSortable) {
+            // If the trimmed filenames match, use the full name as tie breaker
+            // This preserves a consistent final position for files named e.g.,
+            // 10.jpg and 10.png, even if their starting position in the list
+            // changes based on any previous sorting that's happened under different heuristics
+            return this.collator.compare(a.name, b.name)
+          }
+
+          return this.collator.compare(aSortable, bSortable)
+        }
         );
         break;
       case SortByTypes.Date:

test/common/unit/Utils.spec.ts

@@ -58,4 +58,22 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
     expect(Utils.equalsFilter({a: 0}, {b: 0})).to.be.equal(false);
     expect(Utils.equalsFilter({a: 0}, {a: 0})).to.be.equal(true);
   });
+
+  describe('sortableFilename', () => {
+    it('should trim extensions', () => {
+      expect(Utils.sortableFilename("10.jpg")).to.be.equal("10")
+    })
+
+    it('should not trim dotfiles to empty strings', () => {
+      expect(Utils.sortableFilename(".file")).to.be.equal(".file")
+    })
+
+    it('should trim dotfiles with extensions', () => {
+      expect(Utils.sortableFilename(".favourite.jpg")).to.be.equal(".favourite")
+    })
+
+    it('should not trim without dots', () => {
+      expect(Utils.sortableFilename("hello_world")).to.be.equal("hello_world")
+    })
+  })
 });