apache / apache/hop

[Feature Request]: Searchable dropdown boxes in Hop (especially for variables)

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awaiting triage Hop Gui P3
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Description

### What would you like to happen?

It would be wonderful if the dropdown boxes in Hop were searchable.

The example use case is a long list of environmental variables in Hop where you want to search typing out a word in the variable you want to use. For example: "Pr" might jump to the PR section where you see "PROJECT_HOME" among other things. The list might even filter down to variables that have the block of characters in them.

That would boost usability a lot.

### Issue Priority

Priority: 3

### Issue Component

Component: Hop Gui

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Research direction

The issue identifies the Hop Gui component but names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the dropdown implementation used for environmental variables, then determine how a typed string should search or filter its options; done means long variable lists can be searched and the requested option is easy to select.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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