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ISearchView.SetSearchText

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Declaration

public void SetSearchText(string searchText, Search.TextCursorPlacement moveCursor);

Declaration

public void SetSearchText(string searchText, Search.TextCursorPlacement moveCursor, int cursorInsertPosition);

Parameters

searchText Text displayed in the search view.
moveCursor Position of the cursor after setting the search text.

Description

Sets the search query text.

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using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEditor.Search;

static class Example_ISearchView_SetSearchText
{
    [MenuItem("Examples/ISearchView/SetSearchText")]
    public static void SetInitialText()
    {
        var view = SearchService.ShowContextual("asset");

        // Set the initial text of Search view. By default the whole text of the search query will be selected.
        view.SetSearchText("t:prefab");
        Debug.Assert(view.context.searchText == "t:prefab");
    }

    [MenuItem("Examples/ISearchView/SetSearchText_WithCursorPosition")]
    public static void SetSearchText_WithCursorPosition()
    {
        var view = SearchService.ShowContextual("asset");
        view.SetSearchText("t:material", TextCursorPlacement.MoveLineStart);
    }

}