Adds logic to be able to set a search string on an inspector that will be used to filter displayed fields.

Adds a textEdit filter box to the main world inspector that hooks into the primary inspector for said search functionality

Engine/source/gui/editor/guiInspector.cpp

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ GuiInspector::GuiInspector()
    mForcedArrayIndex(-1)
 {
    mPadding = 1;
+   mSearchText = StringTable->EmptyString();
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -79,7 +80,8 @@ void GuiInspector::initPersistFields()
          "If false the custom fields Name, Id, and Source Class will not be shown." );
 
       addField("forcedArrayIndex", TypeS32, Offset(mForcedArrayIndex, GuiInspector));
-         
+
+      addField("searchText", TypeString, Offset(mSearchText, GuiInspector), "A string that, if not blank, is used to filter shown fields");
    endGroup( "Inspector" );
 
    Parent::initPersistFields();
@@ -829,6 +831,12 @@ void GuiInspector::setForcedArrayIndex(S32 arrayIndex)
    refresh();
 }
 
+void GuiInspector::setSearchText(StringTableEntry searchText)
+{
+   mSearchText = searchText;
+   refresh();
+}
+
 //=============================================================================
 //    Console Methods.
 //=============================================================================
@@ -1000,3 +1008,10 @@ DefineEngineMethod(GuiInspector, setForcedArrayIndex, void, (S32 arrayIndex), (-
 {
    object->setForcedArrayIndex(arrayIndex);
 }
+
+DefineEngineMethod(GuiInspector, setSearchText, void, (const char* searchText), (""),
+   "Sets the searched text used to filter out displayed fields in the inspector."
+   "@param searchText The text to be used as a filter for field names. Leave as blank to clear search")
+{
+   object->setSearchText(searchText);
+}

Engine/source/gui/editor/guiInspector.h

@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ public:
 
    void setForcedArrayIndex(S32 arrayIndex);
 
+   StringTableEntry getSearchText() { return mSearchText; }
+
+   void setSearchText(StringTableEntry searchText);
+
 protected:
       
    typedef Vector< SimObjectPtr< SimObject > > TargetVector;
@@ -190,6 +194,8 @@ protected:
    String mGroupFilters;   
    bool mShowCustomFields;
    S32 mForcedArrayIndex;
+
+   StringTableEntry mSearchText;
 };
 
 #endif

Engine/source/gui/editor/inspector/datablockField.cpp

@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ GuiControl* GuiInspectorDatablockField::constructEditControl()
 
    //Add add button
    mAddButton = new GuiBitmapButtonCtrl();
+   if(mDesiredClass == NULL)
+      return retCtrl;
+
    dSprintf(szBuffer, sizeof(szBuffer), "DatablockEditorPlugin.createNewDatablockOfType(%s, %d.getText());", mDesiredClass->getClassName(), retCtrl->getId());
    mAddButton->setField("Command", szBuffer);
 

Engine/source/gui/editor/inspector/dynamicGroup.cpp

@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ bool GuiInspectorDynamicGroup::inspectGroup()
       SimFieldDictionary * fieldDictionary = target->getFieldDictionary();
       for(SimFieldDictionaryIterator ditr(fieldDictionary); *ditr; ++ditr)
       {
+         String searchText = mParent->getSearchText();
+         if (searchText != String::EmptyString) {
+            if (String((*ditr)->slotName).find(searchText, 0, String::NoCase | String::Left) == String::NPos)
+               continue;
+         }
+
          if( i == 0 )
          {
             flist.increment();

Engine/source/gui/editor/inspector/group.cpp

@@ -288,6 +288,12 @@ bool GuiInspectorGroup::inspectGroup()
       if (field->flag.test(AbstractClassRep::FIELD_HideInInspectors))
          continue;
 
+      String searchText = mParent->getSearchText();
+      if (searchText != String::EmptyString) {
+         if (String(field->pFieldname).find(searchText, 0, String::NoCase | String::Left) == String::NPos)
+            continue;
+      }
+
       if ((bGrabItems == true || (bNoGroup == true && bGrabItems == false)) && itr->type != AbstractClassRep::DeprecatedFieldType)
       {
          if (bNoGroup == true && bGrabItems == true)