Create a search bar for the Preference dialog ?

[luzpaz]

Adding a search bar in the https://wiki.freecad.org/Preferences_Editor would be next level amazing. Any interest ?

[SuzanneSoy]

I haven't found the Python API to explore that part of the GUI. SerachBar is modular, letting it show results from the Preferences Editor would be as simple as:

1. providing a function that can find all such preferences and cache them
2. providing a function that returns any such preferences that change too often to be cached (likely: return nothing, but e.g. the module which shows objects as search results doesn't try to cache anything and iterates through the Document object tree every time)
3. providing a function which returns a "more info" widget (likely just a button "Open in Preferences Editor" which would artificially open the prefs editor, and automatically switch to the right tab/sub-tab, possibly highlights the preferences item).

If someone points me to a Python API that allows me to open the Preferences Editor and inspect its contents I might have a look if I find the will & time & desire. Happy to answer questions / guide you if you want to have a go yourself :)

[SuzanneSoy]

This duplicates #13 which linked to:

https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?p=587777#p587777