Implement ItemsControl.IsTextSearchEnabled

[Royce551]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
In WPF and most other Windows apps, you can type in lists to select the first entry that matches what you typed. This doesn't appear to be possible in Avalonia.

[maxkatz6]

I think you are looking for AutoCompleteBox, which is basically drop down control with search input.
Simpler ComboBox also has IsTextSearchEnabled property, but it does not provide text input box.

[Royce551]

Hi, thanks for the quick response! Sorry, I might not have been clear enough. The feature I'm talking about is a hidden shortcut for quickly navigating long lists, similar to this:

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[maxkatz6]

Oh, I got it. You need something similar to ItemsControl.IsTextSearchEnabled.
Since we already have it for ComboBox only, it should be easier to add it to abstract ItemsControl.

I don't think it will be easy to add "TextSearch.TextPath" or equivalent though, since we need always prefer compile time properties without using reflection over property name.

[maxkatz6]

Meanwhile it shouldn't be hard to create your own implementation of ListBox that will listen for TextInput