Add a way to pass information from browser_will_search to browser_did_search without having it going to the backend

qt/aqt/browser/table/__init__.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class SearchContext:
     browser: aqt.browser.Browser
     order: bool | str | Column = True
     reverse: bool = False
+    properties: dict = None
     # if set, provided ids will be used instead of the regular search
     ids: Sequence[ItemId] | None = None
 

qt/aqt/browser/table/model.py

@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ class DataModel(QAbstractTableModel):
                 # invalid sort column in config
                 context.order = self.columns["noteCrt"]
             context.reverse = self._state.sort_backwards
+        context.properties = {}
         gui_hooks.browser_will_search(context)
         if context.ids is None:
             context.ids = self._state.find_items(

qt/tools/genhooks_gui.py

@@ -549,6 +549,9 @@ hooks = [
          You can modify context.search to change the text that is sent to the
          searching backend.
 
+         If you need to pass properties to the browser_did_search hook, you can
+         do it with context.properties
+
          If you set context.ids to a list of ids, the regular search will
          not be performed, and the provided ids will be used instead.
 
@@ -578,6 +581,9 @@ hooks = [
         backend did not recognize will be returned as an empty string, and can be
         replaced with custom content.
 
+        You can retrieve properties passed from browser_will_search with
+        context.properties (for example to trigger post-processing filtering)
+
         Columns is a list of string values identifying what each column in the row
         represents.
         """,