Hide unused types in the Types view

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
devtools, reverse-engineering

Research direction

The issue names no files or tests; first locate the Types view and inspect its existing filtering or search behavior. Define how a type counts as used through cross references, then verify that the view can hide unused types while retaining the requested used-type results.

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Description

Component: UI Effort: Trivial Impact: Low UI: Types

What is the feature you'd like to have?
When looking through the types view, there can be a ton of types. I'd like to be able to hide all the types that don't have cross references/aren't actively being used. Filters or search terms (like @used) would both be acceptable solutions.

Is your feature request related to a problem?
Wanting to see which types are getting used from which sources.

Vaguely related to #5099, as they're both seeking ways to filter down to types that are actively/currently being used.

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