# (Feature request) Search-as-you-type text box in Options | Plugins

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/feature-request-search-as-you-type-text-box-in-options-plugins/672389>\
**Category:** MusicBrainz Picard\
**Tags:** picard-plugins\
**Created:** [December 28, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/feature-request-search-as-you-type-text-box-in-options-plugins/672389 "2023-12-28T14:52:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kostas79](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e5b9ba/32.png) [@kostas79](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/kostas79)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/feature-request-search-as-you-type-text-box-in-options-plugins/672389/1 "2023-12-28T14:52:56Z")

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I’d like to make a suggestion regarding Options | Plugins: a search-as-you-type text box. This would make it easier to search through all the available plugins.

I’d recommend putting the search box in the top right corner of the plugin listing. Here is a mockup:

 ![2023-12-28_165647~](https://community.metabrainz.org/uploads/default/original/3X/d/9/d957ff2024ea2261e6b7617cbc096f30b3d243aa.jpeg)

Using MusicBrainz Picard 2.10 on win11.

Thank you

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**Author:** ![rdswift](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/rdswift/32/7032_2.png) [@rdswift](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/rdswift)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/feature-request-search-as-you-type-text-box-in-options-plugins/672389/2 "2023-12-28T16:21:27Z")

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Search what? Titles, descriptions, or something else? I suggest you [enter a ticket](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/issues/?jql=project+%3D+PICARD+AND+resolution+%3D+Unresolved) so this request doesn’t get lost.

Also, I assume that this would only include the plugins from the list of [Picard “official” plugins](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/plugins/) and not other plugins that might be available from developer repositories.

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**Author:** ![kostas79](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e5b9ba/32.png) [@kostas79](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/kostas79)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/feature-request-search-as-you-type-text-box-in-options-plugins/672389/3 "2023-12-28T19:40:19Z")

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I mean to search between _listed_ plugins. Regarding which plugins to include in the search, I suggested to also provide a drop-down list filter: `official` / `3rd-party` / `all` .

I made a ticket [here](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-2807).