Add search functionality to Node Autocomplete window.

src/DynamoCoreWpf/Controls/NodeAutoCompleteSearchControl.xaml.cs

@@ -79,8 +79,14 @@ private void OnSearchTextBoxTextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e)
             if (binding != null)
                 binding.UpdateSource();
 
-            if (ViewModel != null)
-                ViewModel.SearchCommand.Execute(null);
+            // Search the filtered results to match the user input.
+            if (ViewModel != null) 
+            {
+                Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new Action(() =>
+                {
+                    ViewModel.SearchAutoCompleteCandidates(SearchTextBox.Text);
+                }), DispatcherPriority.Loaded);
+            }
         }
 
         private void OnMouseLeftButtonUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)

src/DynamoCoreWpf/ViewModels/Search/NodeAutoCompleteSearchViewModel.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ public class NodeAutoCompleteSearchViewModel : SearchViewModel
     {
 
         internal PortViewModel PortViewModel { get; set; }
+        private List<NodeSearchElement> searchElementsCache;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Cache of default node suggestions, use it in case where
@@ -53,23 +55,56 @@ internal void PopulateAutoCompleteCandidates()
         {
             if (PortViewModel == null) return;
 
-            var searchElements = GetMatchingSearchElements();
+            searchElementsCache = GetMatchingSearchElements().ToList();
+
             // If node match searchElements found, use default suggestions
-            if (!searchElements.Any())
+            if (!searchElementsCache.Any())
             {
+                searchElementsCache =  DefaultResults.Select(e => e.Model).ToList();
                 FilteredResults = DefaultResults;
             }
             else
             {
-                FilteredResults = searchElements.Select(e =>
-                {
-                    var vm = new NodeSearchElementViewModel(e, this);
-                    vm.RequestBitmapSource += SearchViewModelRequestBitmapSource;
-                    return vm;
-                });
+                FilteredResults = GetViewModelForNodeSearchElements(searchElementsCache);
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns a IEnumberable of NodeSearchElementViewModel for respective NodeSearchElements.
+        /// </summary>
+        private IEnumerable<NodeSearchElementViewModel> GetViewModelForNodeSearchElements(List<NodeSearchElement> searchElementsCache)
+        {
+            return searchElementsCache.Select(e =>
+            {
+                var vm = new NodeSearchElementViewModel(e, this);
+                vm.RequestBitmapSource += SearchViewModelRequestBitmapSource;
+                return vm;
+            });
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Filters the matching node search elements based on user input in the search field. 
+        /// </summary>
+        internal void SearchAutoCompleteCandidates(string input)
+        {
+            if (PortViewModel == null) return;
+
+            var queriedSearchElements = searchElementsCache.Where(e => QuerySearchElements(e, input)).ToList();
+
+            FilteredResults = GetViewModelForNodeSearchElements(queriedSearchElements);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns true if the user input matches the name of the filtered node element. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>True or false</returns>
+        private bool QuerySearchElements(NodeSearchElement e, string input) 
+        {
+            StringComparison stringComparison = StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase;
+
+            return e.Name.IndexOf(input, stringComparison) >= 0;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a collection of node search elements for nodes
         /// that output a type compatible with the port type if it's an input port.

test/DynamoCoreWpfTests/NodeAutoCompleteSearchTests.cs

@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ public void NodeSearchElementComparerSortsBasedOnTypeDistance_MultiReturnNodeMod
             var comparer = new NodeAutoCompleteSearchViewModel.NodeSearchElementComparer(inputType, core);
             Assert.AreEqual(0, comparer.Compare(type1, type2));
         }
+
         [Test]
         public void NodeSuggestions_DefaultSuggestions()
         {
@@ -253,6 +254,33 @@ public void NodeSuggestions_DefaultSuggestions()
             Assert.AreEqual("String", searchViewModel.FilteredResults.FirstOrDefault().Name);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void SearchNodeAutocompletionSuggestions()
+        {
+            Open(@"UI\builtin_inputport_suggestion.dyn");
+
+            // Get the node view for a specific node in the graph
+            NodeView nodeView = NodeViewWithGuid(Guid.Parse("77aad5875f124bf59a4ece6b30813d3b").ToString());
+
+            var inPorts = nodeView.ViewModel.InPorts;
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, inPorts.Count());
+            var port = inPorts[0].PortModel;
+            var type = port.GetInputPortType();
+            Assert.AreEqual("DSCore.Color[]", type);
+
+            var searchViewModel = (ViewModel.CurrentSpaceViewModel.NodeAutoCompleteSearchViewModel as NodeAutoCompleteSearchViewModel);
+            searchViewModel.PortViewModel = inPorts[0];
+
+            var suggestions = searchViewModel.GetMatchingSearchElements();
+
+            // Get the matching node elements for the specific node port.
+            searchViewModel.PopulateAutoCompleteCandidates();
+
+            // Filter the node elements using the search field.
+            searchViewModel.SearchAutoCompleteCandidates("der");
+            Assert.AreEqual(2 , searchViewModel.FilteredResults.Count());
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void NodeSuggestions_SkippedSuggestions()
         {