Search bar for Settings UI #17295

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opened 2026-01-31 05:38:09 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @vadimkantorov on GitHub (Apr 20, 2022).

When there's many global settings, it's useful to have a search bar (Windows Settings and other complex software packages feature this).

Another feature may auto-save for Settings. Windows Settings has this (more debatable).

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Originally created by @vadimkantorov on GitHub (Apr 20, 2022). When there's many global settings, it's useful to have a search bar (Windows Settings and other complex software packages feature this). Another feature may auto-save for Settings. Windows Settings has this (more debatable). ```[tasklist] ### Tasks ```
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@vadimkantorov commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2022):

  • maybe a separate search/filter bar would be helpful for keybindings window
@vadimkantorov commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2022): + maybe a separate search/filter bar would be helpful for keybindings window
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2022):

  • maybe a separate search/filter bar would be helpful for keybindings window

see #11630

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2022): > * maybe a separate search/filter bar would be helpful for keybindings window see #11630
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@g0t4 commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2023):

I prefer to chose when to Save settings changes, please don't automatically do that!

@g0t4 commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2023): I prefer to chose when to Save settings changes, please don't automatically do that!
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@g0t4 commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2023):

💯 Settings search would be useful given the plethora of (well organized) tabs and nested configuration.

Use cases:

  • Finding where a setting is located
  • Discovering new settings
  • Linking to related, external settings (i.e. Cursor blink rate is in Keyboard Properties Windows control panel)

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@g0t4 commented on GitHub (Nov 1, 2023): 💯 Settings search would be useful given the plethora of (well organized) tabs and nested configuration. Use cases: - Finding where a setting is located - Discovering new settings - **Linking** to related, external settings (i.e. `Cursor blink rate` is in `Keyboard Properties` Windows control panel) Ideas: - The settings schema has stellar descriptions/enums/etc so that could be an easy way to bootstrap search data: - i.e. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/terminal/release-1.19/doc/cascadia/profiles.schema.json - I use this as a workaround to discover settings.
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Reference: starred/terminal#17295