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TL;DR

implement icon search just like it can be used in train names, but then for the train overview, crafting and logistics windows/tab

What ?

add an icon search button to the global search function

Why ?

Since it's possible to add an icon to the name of a train stop, a lot of players now use them instead of the text before. This means however that you cannot search anymore on "iron ore" or the iron ore icon. Subsequently in the logistics and crafting tabs this might also come in handy for new players who don't know the descriptions yet from (modded) items and could get lost in tabs, especially with weird descriptions in modded item names.

If you search for the internal name like "iron-ore" it will bring up all the names with that icon. Downside is that you have to know the internal name, which is especially in modded games, very tricky.

k, I missed the minus-sign. When you hover over it, it's called "iron ore" so maybe that's why it's extra confusing

I can’t test it yet, but eventually you can see that with turning on show-debug-info-in-tooltips in the debug-mode-window.