From 2d65e81b13c922d2152cd325c72df892c2534b0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Giesel <hengiesel@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 20:37:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add search_for method

---
 qt/aqt/browser.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qt/aqt/browser.py b/qt/aqt/browser.py
index 14e461d31..849fbc3d2 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/browser.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/browser.py
@@ -794,6 +794,11 @@ class Browser(QMainWindow):
         self._lastSearchTxt = txt
         self.search()
 
+    def search_for(self, search: str, prompt: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+        self._lastSearchTxt = search
+        self.form.searchEdit.lineEdit().setText(prompt or search)
+        self.search()
+
     # search triggered programmatically. caller must have saved note first.
     def search(self) -> None:
         if "is:current" in self._lastSearchTxt: