From 532a2b49b590c4a8fb29c19484f2ffaa3b31174b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitternacht822 <sb@amnezia.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 15:25:23 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: added single space trim to country search in
 apiCountryModel.cpp

---
 client/ui/models/api/apiCountryModel.cpp | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/client/ui/models/api/apiCountryModel.cpp b/client/ui/models/api/apiCountryModel.cpp
index d63cdfbad..f33d83c6f 100644
--- a/client/ui/models/api/apiCountryModel.cpp
+++ b/client/ui/models/api/apiCountryModel.cpp
@@ -328,6 +328,15 @@ QString ApiCountryModel::normalizeSearchComparableText(const QString &textValue)
     result.reserve(normalizedText.size());
     for (int i = 0; i < normalizedText.size(); ++i) {
         const QChar currentChar = normalizedText.at(i);
+        if (currentChar.isSpace()) {
+            const QChar prevChar = i > 0 ? normalizedText.at(i - 1) : QChar();
+            const QChar nextChar = i + 1 < normalizedText.size() ? normalizedText.at(i + 1) : QChar();
+            const bool hasSpaceNeighbor = prevChar.isSpace() || nextChar.isSpace();
+            if (hasSpaceNeighbor) {
+                result.append(currentChar);
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
         const bool isSeparator = currentChar == '.' || currentChar == '-';
 
         if (!isSeparator) {