Option to search by mod in any search bar

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NTaya
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Option to search by mod in any search bar

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TL;DR
Add the ability to search by item's/technology's parent mod name.
What?
Minecraft's NEI/TMI has the ability to filter by mod with @modname. For example, if I want to find every item belonging to RFTools, I can simply type "@RFTools" in the search bar. I found myself wishing for the same functionality in Factorio's search bars multiple times.
Why?
Some use cases (from times I found myself wishing for this functionality):
1. Check if you've unlocked all the technology belonging to the mod X.
2. Find a technology you forgot the name of, but which you are sure belongs to the mod Y.
2. With a large modpack, filter to highlight items from the mod Z in your inventory instead of finding each item individually.
3. (this one is more for the modmakers, but still) Filter FNEI by mods.
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Re: Option to search by mod in any search bar

Post by Shemp »

I can attest that, from experience in Minecraft, this would be very helpful even if it only checks the "created" mod according to prototypes.get_history.

It might be practical to restrict it to only working in a few specific GUIs, such as Factoriopedia, Settings, Controls, the player crafting menu, logistic requests etc. Whereas implementing it in say, the Remote View map search could be more expensive.

EDIT: If anyone's wondering how multi-word search would work, I'll give an example:

Searching @space @age belt would return prototypes which have "belt" in the name, created by mods with both the words "space" and "age" in their names.
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