Refactor search functionality #3462

Job	Run time
env	1s
gatekeeper	10s
changes	6s
mac / build	10m 12s
documentation / build	29s
ubuntu / build	5m 1s
windows / build	43s
coverage_draft / generate and upload	1m 57s
scripttest_draft / run	1m 26s
guitest_draft / run (windows-latest)	2m 46s
application_tester_draft / run (ubuntu-latest)	3m 51s
application_tester / run (windows-latest)	4m 11s
application_tester / run (macos-latest)	4m 18s
guitest / run (ubuntu-latest)	1m 38s
guitest / run (macos-latest)	1m 54s
pytest / run (windows-latest)	15m 8s
pytest / run (macos-latest)	3m 39s
	57m 30s

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