SearchService

Description

Principal Search API to initiate searches and fetch results.

Make sure to check SearchService.Request for a complete list of all the different ways to execute a search request.

using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEditor.Search;
using UnityEngine;

static class Example_SearchService
{
    [MenuItem("Examples/SearchService/Class")]
    public static void Run()
    {
        void OnSearchCompleted(SearchContext context, IList<SearchItem> items)
        {
            foreach (var item in items)
                Debug.Log(item);
        }

        SearchService.Request("*.cs", OnSearchCompleted);
    }

    [MenuItem("Examples/SearchService/Providers")]
    public static void RunProviders()
    {
        // Print special search providers
        foreach (var provider in SearchService.Providers.Where(p => p.isExplicitProvider))
            Debug.Log($"Special Search Provider {provider.name} ({provider.id})");
    }

    [MenuItem("Examples/SearchService/OrderedProviders")]
    public static void RunOrderedProviders()
    {
        // Print providers by their search priority when a query is executed.
        foreach (var provider in SearchService.OrderedProviders)
            Debug.Log($"[{provider.priority}] {provider.name} ({provider.id})");
    }
}

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