Adding Controls Search Bar

Sample Applications/WPFGallery/MainWindow.xaml

@@ -210,6 +210,17 @@
                     KeyUp="SearchBox_KeyUp"
                     LostFocus="SearchBox_LostFocus" />-->
 
+                <!--ItemsSource="{Binding ViewModel.FilteredSearchItems}"-->
+
+                <ComboBox x:Name="SearchBox"
+                    IsEditable="True"
+                    Text="{Binding ViewModel.SearchBoxText, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"
+                    ItemsSource="{Binding ViewModel.FilteredSearchItems}" 
+                    Margin="10"
+                    IsTextSearchEnabled="False"
+                    PreviewKeyDown="SearchBox_PreviewKeyDown"
+                    GotFocus="SearchBox_GotFocus"
+                    DropDownClosed="SearchBox_DropDownClosed" />
 
                 <TreeView
                     x:Name="ControlsList"

Sample Applications/WPFGallery/MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ public MainWindow(MainWindowViewModel viewModel, IServiceProvider serviceProvide
 
         SystemEvents.UserPreferenceChanged += SystemEvents_UserPreferenceChanged;
         this.StateChanged += MainWindow_StateChanged;
+
+        ChangeSearchBoxStyle();
+    }
+
+    private void ChangeSearchBoxStyle()
+    {
+        var template = SearchBox.Template;
     }
 
     private void SystemEvents_UserPreferenceChanged(object sender, UserPreferenceChangedEventArgs e)
@@ -134,17 +141,6 @@ private void Toggle_TitleButtonVisibility()
         }
     }
 
-    //private void SearchBox_KeyUp(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
-    //{
-    //    ViewModel.UpdateSearchText(SearchBox.Text);
-    //}
-
-    //private void SearchBox_LostFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
-    //{
-    //    SearchBox.Text = "";
-    //    ViewModel.UpdateSearchText(SearchBox.Text);
-    //}
-
     private void MinimizeWindow(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
     {
         this.WindowState = WindowState.Minimized;
@@ -250,4 +246,31 @@ private void ControlsList_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private void SearchBox_PreviewKeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
+    {
+        var comboBox = sender as ComboBox;
+
+        if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(comboBox.Text))
+        {
+            comboBox.IsDropDownOpen = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void SearchBox_DropDownClosed(object sender, EventArgs e)
+    {
+        var comboBox = sender as ComboBox;
+
+        if (comboBox.SelectedItem != null)
+        {
+            _navigationService.Navigate(comboBox.SelectedItem.ToString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void SearchBox_GotFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        var comboBox = sender as ComboBox;
+
+        comboBox.IsDropDownOpen = true;
+    }
 }

Sample Applications/WPFGallery/Models/ControlsInfoDataSource.cs

@@ -115,5 +115,25 @@ public ICollection<ControlInfoDataItem> GetGroupedControlsInfo()
         {
             return ControlsInfo.Where(x => x.IsGroup == true && x.UniqueId != "Design Guidance" && x.UniqueId != "Samples").ToList();
         }
+
+        public ObservableCollection<string> GetAllPagesForSearch()
+        {
+            ObservableCollection<string> allPagesForSearch = new ObservableCollection<string>();
+
+            ICollection<ControlInfoDataItem> allPages = ControlsInfoDataSource.Instance.ControlsInfo;
+
+            foreach (ControlInfoDataItem item in allPages)
+            {
+                allPagesForSearch.Add(item.Title);
+
+                foreach (ControlInfoDataItem individualItem in item.Items)
+                {
+                    allPagesForSearch.Add(individualItem.Title);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return allPagesForSearch;
+
+        }
     }
 }

Sample Applications/WPFGallery/Navigation/NavigationService.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System.Collections;
-using System.Windows.Navigation;
+using WPFGallery.Models;
 
 namespace WPFGallery.Navigation;
 
@@ -10,6 +9,8 @@ public interface INavigationService
 {
     void Navigate(Type type);
 
+    void Navigate(string str);
+
     void NavigateTo(Type type);
 
     void SetFrame(Frame frame);
@@ -40,12 +41,33 @@ public class NavigationService : INavigationService
 
     public event EventHandler<NavigatingEventArgs> Navigating;
 
+    private Dictionary<string, Type> _pageNameToTypeMapping;
+
 
     public NavigationService(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
     {
         _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
         _history = new Stack<Type>();
         _future = new Stack<Type>();
+
+        InitializeMapping();
+    }
+
+    private void InitializeMapping()
+    {
+        ICollection<ControlInfoDataItem> allPages = ControlsInfoDataSource.Instance.ControlsInfo;
+
+        _pageNameToTypeMapping = new();
+
+        foreach (ControlInfoDataItem item in allPages)
+        {
+            _pageNameToTypeMapping[item.Title] = item.PageType;
+
+            foreach (ControlInfoDataItem individualItem in item.Items)
+            {
+                _pageNameToTypeMapping[individualItem.Title] = individualItem.PageType;
+            }
+        }        
     }
 
     public void SetFrame(Frame frame)
@@ -73,6 +95,15 @@ public void Navigate(Type type)
         }
     }
 
+    public void Navigate(string? pageName)
+    {
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(pageName) && _pageNameToTypeMapping.ContainsKey(pageName))
+        {
+            Type currentPage = _pageNameToTypeMapping[pageName];
+            Navigate(currentPage);
+        }
+    }
+
     public void NavigateBack()
     {
         if(_history.Count > 0)

Sample Applications/WPFGallery/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,39 @@ public partial class MainWindowViewModel : ObservableObject
     [ObservableProperty]
     private string _applicationTitle = "WPF Gallery Preview";
 
+    private ObservableCollection<string> SearchItems { get; set; }
+
+    public ObservableCollection<string> FilteredSearchItems { get; set; }
+
+    private string _searchBoxText;
+
+    public string SearchBoxText
+    {
+        get => _searchBoxText;
+        set
+        {
+            _searchBoxText = value;
+            OnPropertyChanged(nameof(SearchBoxText));
+            FilterItems();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void FilterItems()
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(SearchBoxText))
+        {
+            FilteredSearchItems = new ObservableCollection<string>(SearchItems);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            FilteredSearchItems = new ObservableCollection<string>(
+                SearchItems.Where(item => item.ToLower().Contains(SearchBoxText.ToLower()))
+            );
+        }
+
+        OnPropertyChanged(nameof(FilteredSearchItems));
+    }
+
     private readonly DispatcherTimer _timer;
 
     private string _searchText = string.Empty;
@@ -56,6 +89,20 @@ public MainWindowViewModel(INavigationService navigationService)
         _timer = new DispatcherTimer();
         _timer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(400);
         _timer.Tick += PerformSearchNavigation;
+
+        SearchItems = new();
+
+        foreach (ControlInfoDataItem mainPage in Controls)
+        {
+            SearchItems.Add(mainPage.ToString());
+
+            foreach (ControlInfoDataItem controlsPage in mainPage.Items)
+            {
+                SearchItems.Add(controlsPage.ToString());
+            }
+        }
+
+        FilteredSearchItems = new ObservableCollection<string>(SearchItems);
     }
 
     public void UpdateSearchText(string searchText)