From a68e488faddf36e26bfc80ba59b7c76c8d60f99b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren Griffin <darren.griffin@live.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:13:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add alternative filter for case insensitive sort

---
 plugins/filters.rb                      | 5 +++++
 source/_includes/custom/buy-dialog.html | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/filters.rb b/plugins/filters.rb
index 696f9b53199..2a6025c1cbb 100644
--- a/plugins/filters.rb
+++ b/plugins/filters.rb
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ module Jekyll
       end
     end
   end
+
+  def case_insensitive_sort(input, key)
+    return input unless input.is_a?(Array)
+    input.sort_by { |item| item[key].to_s.downcase }
+  end
 end
 
 Liquid::Template.register_filter(Jekyll::AssetFilter)
diff --git a/source/_includes/custom/buy-dialog.html b/source/_includes/custom/buy-dialog.html
index b23bd14a2f5..fdf93e17631 100644
--- a/source/_includes/custom/buy-dialog.html
+++ b/source/_includes/custom/buy-dialog.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             <div class="ha-buy-dialog-tab-content-wrapper">
                 {% for distributor_region in distributor_regions %}
                 <div class="ha-buy-dialog-tab-content {% if forloop.first %}active{% endif %}" id="{{ distributor_region.name | slugify }}">
-                    {% assign az_ship_distributors = distributor_region.items | sort: 'name' | sort: 'ship_from'%}
+                    {% assign az_ship_distributors = distributor_region.items | case_insensitive_sort: 'name' | sort: 'ship_from'%}
                     <div class="ha-buy-dialog-distributor-items">
                         {% for distributor in az_ship_distributors %}
                         <a href="{{ distributor.url }}" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="ha-buy-dialog-distributor-item">