Sort tags by suggestion text value

tag-sorter.js

// This is whatever has your JSON before you call the tagger
var tagItemsJSON = ...

// This takes the JSON and splits it into an array of the items in it
// It then sorts that array by the suggestion field on each item
var sortedBySuggestion = $.map(tagItemsJSON, function(p){return p;}).sort(function(a, b){
  if(a.suggestion < b.suggestion ) return -1;
  if(a.suggestion  > b.suggestion ) return 1;
  return 0;
});

// Then loop over the tag items, no sorted by suggestion
for (var i = 0; i < sortedBySuggestion.length; i++) {
  // For each item in the array, the index it's at should be the sort field on the original tag items JSON
  tagItemsJSON[sortedBySuggestion[i].id].sort = i;
}

// Then call the tagger
$('#selectorElement').tagger({
  availableTags: tagItemsJSON
, sortedOutput: true
});