feat: implement search highlight

components/ProjectCard.tsx

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ interface ProjectCardProps {
   project: Project;
   vertical?: boolean;
   preload?: boolean;
-  githubColors: GitHubColors
+  githubColors: GitHubColors;
+  searchQuery?: string;
 }
 
 interface ProjectCardImageProps {
@@ -43,19 +44,53 @@ function ProjectCardImage({ project, preload }: ProjectCardImageProps) {
 }
 
 interface ProjectCardBodyProps {
-  githubColors: GitHubColors,
-  project: Project
+  githubColors: GitHubColors;
+  project: Project;
+  searchQuery?: string;
 }
 
-function ProjectCardBody(props: ProjectCardBodyProps) {
-  const {
-    name,
-    description,
-    repo,
-    link,
-    lang,
-    topics,
-  } = props.project;
+const escapeSpecialCharacters = (string: string) => {
+  return string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+};
+
+const highlightText = (text: string, query: string) => {
+  query = query.trim();
+  if (!query) return text;
+
+  try {
+    const escapedQuery = escapeSpecialCharacters(query);
+    const parts = text.split(new RegExp(`(${escapedQuery})`, 'gi'));
+    return parts.map((part, index) =>
+      part.toLowerCase() === query.toLowerCase() ? (
+        <mark key={index}>{part}</mark>
+      ) : (
+        part
+      ),
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    return text;
+  }
+};
+
+function ProjectCardBody({
+  project,
+  searchQuery = '',
+  ...props
+}: ProjectCardBodyProps) {
+  const { repo, link, description, lang } = project;
+
+  const name = highlightText(project.name, searchQuery);
+
+  const topics = (() => {
+    if (project.topics.length === 0) return [];
+    return project.topics.map((topic, index) => (
+      <span key={index}>
+        {highlightText(topic, searchQuery)}
+        {index < project.topics.length - 1 && ', '}
+      </span>
+    ));
+  })();
+
   return (
     <div className="card-body">
       <h3 className="mt-1">
@@ -70,10 +105,10 @@ function ProjectCardBody(props: ProjectCardBodyProps) {
               : 'black',
           }}
         ></span>{' '}
-        {lang || 'Markdown'}
-        {topics.length > 0 && <span> • {topics.join(', ')}</span>}
+        {highlightText(lang, searchQuery) || 'Markdown'}
+        {topics.length > 0 && <span> • {topics}</span>}
       </p>
-      <p>{description}</p>
+      <p>{highlightText(description, searchQuery)}</p>
       <ELink link={repo}>GitHub Repository</ELink>
     </div>
   );
@@ -86,12 +121,17 @@ function ProjectCard({
   vertical = false,
   preload = false,
   githubColors,
+  searchQuery = '',
 }: ProjectCardProps): JSX.Element {
   if (vertical) {
     return (
       <div className="card">
         <ProjectCardImage project={project} preload={preload} />
-        <ProjectCardBody project={project} githubColors={githubColors} />
+        <ProjectCardBody
+          searchQuery={searchQuery}
+          project={project}
+          githubColors={githubColors}
+        />
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -102,7 +142,11 @@ function ProjectCard({
           <ProjectCardImage project={project} preload={preload} />
         </div>
         <div className="col-6">
-          <ProjectCardBody project={project} githubColors={githubColors} />
+          <ProjectCardBody
+            searchQuery={searchQuery}
+            project={project}
+            githubColors={githubColors}
+          />
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>

components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import React, { ChangeEvent, useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import React, { ChangeEvent, useEffect } from 'react';
 import Searchbar from './Searchbar';
 import { Project } from '../../util';
 
 interface SearchFilterProps {
   projects: Project[];
   setFilteredProjects: (projectList: Project[]) => void;
+  searchQuery: string;
+  setSearchQuery: (search: string) => void;
 }
 
 function lowercaseRemove(s: string) {
@@ -16,12 +18,14 @@ function lowercaseRemove(s: string) {
   return newString;
 }
 
-function SearchFilter({projects, setFilteredProjects}: SearchFilterProps): JSX.Element {
-
-  const [searchbarText, setSearchbarText] = useState('');
-
+function SearchFilter({
+  projects,
+  setFilteredProjects,
+  setSearchQuery,
+  searchQuery,
+}: SearchFilterProps): JSX.Element {
   const handleSearchInput = (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-    setSearchbarText(e.target.value);
+    setSearchQuery(e.target.value);
   };
 
   const filterProjectsBySearchText = (project: Project) => {
@@ -30,21 +34,20 @@ function SearchFilter({projects, setFilteredProjects}: SearchFilterProps): JSX.E
     // remove - and _ and white spaces from search, and make it lowercase to make it easier for the user to
     // search things without typing the exact name
     // e.g. if the user searches "devpathways" or "dev pathways" they should still be able to see "Dev-Pathways"
-    const search = lowercaseRemove(searchbarText);
+    const search = lowercaseRemove(searchQuery);
 
-    const {
-      name,
-      description,
-      lang,
-      topics,
-    } = project;
+    const { name, description, lang, topics } = project;
 
     // can search by name, description, or language
     const lowercaseName = lowercaseRemove(name);
     const lowercaseDescription = lowercaseRemove(description);
     const lowercaseLang = lowercaseRemove(lang);
 
-    if (lowercaseName.includes(search) || lowercaseDescription.includes(search) || lowercaseLang.includes(search)) {
+    if (
+      lowercaseName.includes(search) ||
+      lowercaseDescription.includes(search) ||
+      lowercaseLang.includes(search)
+    ) {
       return true;
     }
 
@@ -64,16 +67,16 @@ function SearchFilter({projects, setFilteredProjects}: SearchFilterProps): JSX.E
   useEffect(() => {
     const tempProjects = projects.filter(filterProjectsBySearchText);
     setFilteredProjects(tempProjects);
-  }, [searchbarText]);
+  }, [searchQuery]);
 
   return (
     <div>
       <Searchbar
-        value={searchbarText}
+        value={searchQuery}
         onChange={(e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => handleSearchInput(e)}
       />
     </div>
   );
 }
 
-export default SearchFilter;
+export default SearchFilter;

pages/projects.tsx

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import Layout from '../components/Layout';
 import ProjectCard from '../components/ProjectCard';
 import SearchFilter from '../components/SearchFilter/SearchFilter';
-import { getProjects, Project, GitHubColors, getGithubColors } from '../util';
+import { getGithubColors, getProjects, GitHubColors, Project } from '../util';
 
 interface ProjectsProps {
   projects: Project[];
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ function Projects({ projects, githubColors }: ProjectsProps): JSX.Element {
   // projects is a master list of all the projects that we fetched, filteredProjects is the one that we render
   // to the user
   const [filteredProjects, setFilteredProjects] = useState(projects);
+  const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState('');
+
 
   return (
     <Layout>
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ function Projects({ projects, githubColors }: ProjectsProps): JSX.Element {
         <SearchFilter
           projects={projects}
           setFilteredProjects={setFilteredProjects}
+          setSearchQuery={setSearchQuery}
+          searchQuery={searchQuery}
         />
         <hr />
         <div className="row same-height-grid">
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ function Projects({ projects, githubColors }: ProjectsProps): JSX.Element {
               return (
                 <div className="col-4" key={project.name}>
                   <ProjectCard
+                    searchQuery={searchQuery}
                     project={project}
                     vertical
                     preload={i < 3}