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SearchProvider.active

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public bool active;

Description

Indicates if the search provider is active or not. Inactive search providers are ignored by the search service. The active state can be toggled in the search settings.

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

static class SearchProvider_active
{
    static string typeColors = "example_colors_active";
    static string displayNameColors = "example_Colors_active";
    static string typeFruits = "example_fruits_active";
    static string displayNameFruits = "example_Fruits_active";

    static List<string> colors = new List<string> { "orange", "red", "green", "blue" };
    static List<string> fruits = new List<string> { "orange", "apple", "banana", "strawberry" };

    [SearchItemProvider]
    internal static SearchProvider CreateProviderColors()
    {
        return new SearchProvider(typeColors, displayNameColors)
        {
            filterId = "c:",
            priority = 99999, // put example provider at a low priority
            isExplicitProvider = false,
            fetchItems = (context, items, provider) =>
            {
                var expression = context.searchQuery;
                if (colors.Contains(expression))
                {
                    var id = expression + "(color)";
                    items.Add(provider.CreateItem(context, id, id, id, null, null));
                }
                return null;
            }
        };
    }

    [SearchItemProvider]
    internal static SearchProvider CreateProviderFruits()
    {
        return new SearchProvider(typeFruits, displayNameFruits)
        {
            filterId = "f:",
            priority = 99999, // put example provider at a low priority
            isExplicitProvider = false,
            fetchItems = (context, items, provider) =>
            {
                var expression = context.searchQuery;
                if (fruits.Contains(expression))
                {
                    var id = expression + "(fruit)";
                    items.Add(provider.CreateItem(context, id, id, id, null, null));
                }
                return null;
            }
        };
    }

    [MenuItem("Examples/SearchProvider/active")]
    public static void Run()
    {
        var colorProvider = SearchService.GetProvider(typeColors);
        colorProvider.active = false;

        var context = SearchService.CreateContext("orange");

        // The providers used in the context should not contain the inactive provider
        var sb = new StringBuilder();
        foreach (var provider in context.providers)
            sb.AppendLine(provider.name);
        Debug.Log(sb.ToString());
    }
}