Programmatically accessing Visual Studio Solution Explorer search box

Question

I am working on a VS extension that needs to select a specific project in the solution. However, if the user has previously typed any text in the solution explorer search box, when I find the project item, calling

.Select(vsUISelectionType.vsUISelectionTypeSelect)

on it does not work. My idea is to access the search box and clear it before selecting the project. Unfortunatelly, I was not able to find any clue on how to do that, not in documentation and tutorials, not even inspecting the

dte.ToolWindows.SolutionExplorer

object. Am I doing it wrong so I can't find a solution for something that should be more than easy to do?

Thank you in advance, any ideas/help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

To clear the search box:

IVsSolutionUIHierarchyWindow solutionWindows = (IVsSolutionUIHierarchyWindow)VsShellUtilities.GetUIHierarchyWindow(this.ServiceProvider, VSConstants.StandardToolWindows.SolutionExplorer);    

if (solutionWindows is IVsWindowSearch)
{
    var slw = solutionWindows as IVsWindowSearch;
    slw.ClearSearch();
}