Add Option to Sort Titles by Leading Articles

📋 Summary

Add a setting that lets users choose whether titles beginning with articles like “The,” “A,” or “An” are sorted by the article or by the main title.

❗ Problem

LaunchBox commonly sorts titles while ignoring leading articles. For example, The Legend of Zelda may appear under L instead of T.

Many users prefer this behavior, but others expect strict alphabetical sorting based on the full displayed title.

Users can manually adjust Sort Title for individual games, but doing this across a large library can be tedious.

💡 Proposal

Add a global sorting preference for leading articles.

Possible options:

• Ignore leading articles when sorting

• Sort by full title, including leading articles

This should affect title-based sorting and alphabet navigation where appropriate.

🧩 Use Cases

• Sort The Legend of Zelda under T

• Keep all games beginning with The grouped together

• Avoid manually editing Sort Title for many games

• Match users’ preferred library organization style

📦 Benefits

• Gives users more control over alphabetical sorting

• Reduces manual Sort Title cleanup

• Supports different cataloging preferences

• Makes sorting behavior easier to understand

⚠️ Considerations

The existing behavior should remain the default, since many users expect articles like “The,” “A,” and “An” to be ignored when sorting. The setting should also avoid overriding games where the user has manually entered a custom Sort Title.