IVsSearchProvider Interface

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.13.40008

Exposes a single search provider.

C#

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("E85FDFC2-A874-4871-88A3-A2E904183A05")]
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.InterfaceType(System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
public interface IVsSearchProvider

Derived

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsMRESearchProvider

Attributes

GuidAttribute InterfaceTypeAttribute

Properties

Category	Gets an identifier for the search provider.
Description	Gets a description of the provider results, for example "Searches top-level menu items."
DisplayText	Gets a displayable name for the search provider, for example "Menu items."
Shortcut	Gets a unique category shortcut that can be used in filtering the results from multiple providers. For example, searching for "@cmd" only returns search results from the provider with category shortcut "cmd".
Tooltip	Gets a tooltip for the provider. The tooltip is displayed when it appears in the Global Search UI instead of "Show results from this category only".

Methods

CreateItemResult(String)	Creates a new instance of a search result from a persistence string previously obtained by getting the value of the persistence data string.
CreateSearch(UInt32, IVsSearchQuery, IVsSearchProviderCallback)	Creates a search task from the specified cookie and search query.
ProvideSearchSettings(IVsUIDataSource)	Injects specialized settings into the data model associated with the command search provider.

Applies to