How to extend vscode search?

[a7madgamal]

I want to create a search plugin that works/looks exactly like a normal search in vscode + more options based on the results
Basically, I want to use the language server (typescript for example) to:

1. Find the AST node type of each result to know its context (comment, import statement, preserved keyword...)
2. Based on all the node types in this result set: show labels to include/exclude this node type from the list

I don't have a specific question yet but any help will be much appreciated.

[alefragnani]

Hi @a7madgamal ,

There is no API for that, so you can't customize the Search feature.

Maybe the References View extension (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.references-view) is something that could be useful for you. But as you can see, it does not injects anything to the Search feature but instead, creates its own results view.

Hope this helps