Vscode-powershell: Add a search field for the "Powershell Command Explorer".

[ChadThomsen]

Summary of the new feature
Would be nice to have a field just below the title bar that is a search field. That way you could put in a string of characters and only commands that match the string you are searching for would show up in the command explorer. I do like the Command Explorer as that is a nice feature! Keep up the good work.

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[TylerLeonhardt]

Glad you like it!

vscode would have to provide us a mechanism for a search box or we'd have to do a lot of additional work to get something kind of working...

that said... one of the folks on the vscode team hinted at such a feature on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/joaomoreno/status/1073107112702685184

So for us, it's probably best we wait and see what that team does and then we get it for free/little effort 😄

[corbob]

There's a vscode issue tracking this as well: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/50062

[moymike]

The "Todo Tree" extension does it by using a 'filter' icon on it's panel that activates the main input box in the top center on vscode.

[TylerLeonhardt]

We're going to get a filter feature very soon:

https://twitter.com/joaomoreno/status/1087365894983073793?s=19

So it might not be worth investing too much time in a custom solution. 😊

[superfliege]

+1 realy need this feature. It should also not be too hard to implement this. Thanks guys!

[corbob]

+1 realy need this feature. It should also not be too hard to implement this. Thanks guys!

I don't think it's quite as simple to implement as you're implying. It also might not be worth investing too much time in a custom solution if vscode is working to include the functionality for us.

That being said, if I determine I have the time, I might take a stab at something like what @moymike noted in using a filter through input box.

[superfliege]

@corbob I do not know your code structure, but adding a textbox that filters a ListView should not be that hard.

Do not get me wrong. I'm sure you're doing a good job and I'm happy about this upcoming feature.

[rjmholt]

I do not know your code structure

Indeed.

The extension doesn't have direct control of the UI; it uses a VSCode API called Tree View which we use here. It just takes data and displays it, so there's no way to alter the UI to include a filter.

There's an outstanding feature request to add a filter functionality to APIs like this in VSCode and, as @TylerLeonhardt said, it looks like the VSCode team are looking to implement it.

[goyzhang]

The type-and-navigate feature has been added https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/10026
Is it possible to adapt it to this extension?

[dahifi]

I consider the PS command explorer essential for working in the ISE. Since it's been abandoned by MS, it would be nice if VSCode could implement this....

[corbob]

I consider the PS command explorer essential for working in the ISE. Since it's been abandoned by MS, it would be nice if VSCode could implement this....

This is definitely being worked on. As @rjmholt mentioned there's an outstanding feature request with vscode to ad a filter functionality. As of June 5th this was still planned, just delayed: https://twitter.com/CoryKnox/status/1135945751509504000 As for what @goyzhang mentioned, I haven't seen the type-and-navigate, so I don't know how difficult it might be for adapting to the TreeView.

[TylerLeonhardt]

@joaomoreno for visibility

[joaomoreno]

This is already implemented in Insiders using the new tree's highlight/filter functionality. Just start typing when focused in the tree. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/63566

[corbob]

Can confirm this is working for me in insiders. 😍

Guess this means I need to get #1972 done so that this can be even more useful...

[TylerLeonhardt]

Awesome! I'm going to go ahead and close this issue since it's in insiders. Let me know if anyone feels otherwise