Expose search string capability

[downright-development]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I would love to see a feature where the tree-sorting can happen through a provided search string, this would allow separate components (like a search bar) above the tree to filter the content.

For now, I can simply filter the data in a custom provider and re-shake the tree rendering, but this seems unnecessary :)

Describe the solution you'd like
Expose a tree prop of "searchString"
... even cooler, expose a "search function" that would allow the user to search more than just a title

Describe alternatives you've considered
Searching is built into the tree, but it's not overly intuitive for folks used to accessibility.

[lukasbach]

There already exists functionality where users can enter search keywords and the tree visualizes search results over normal results, can you elaborate how your suggestion differs from that? Do I understand it correct that you suggest the tree should not visualize search-hits, but rather filter out non-hits in the search results and only render those items that are matched?

[downright-development]

There already exists functionality where users can enter search keywords and the tree visualizes search results over normal results, can you elaborate how your suggestion differs from that? Do I understand it correct that you suggest the tree should not visualize search-hits, but rather filter out non-hits in the search results and only render those items that are matched?

Yes -

https://github.com/brimdata/react-arborist?tab=readme-ov-file#tree-filtering

Similar to another react tree library, I can supply a search function and a search string - this allows me to search on some metadata on the row itself like tags, alongside the name/title of the row too :).

In Arborist, leveraging the search function will show the items (plus its parents) for matches.

This search string would be set in something separate from the tree itself.

Consider this sketch: