About This File
Search Material is a helper plugin to filter the materials in the Material Manager. Enter part of the name of a material, and all materials which do not match by name will be hidden.
A "Search" menu item is provided in the Material Manager's menu, as a shortcut to activate the plugin.
Unfortunately, it can not be integrated into the GUI as is the search functionality of the Object Manager.
As a workaround you can drag and dock the plugin window into your layout and save it that way for future usage.
Version 0.2 sees the addition of a toggle switch which allows to show or hide the materials matching the entered text.
Original thread:
https://www.core4d.com/ipb/forums/topic/114163-material-manager-needs-search-feature/
Note: plugin is written to work with R16 upto R23.
Will probably work on R25, and next (???)
If you download, use, and appreciate this plugin, please consider adding a comment or review.
Any feedback is much appreciated and motivates me to keep providing plugin solutions for the community.
What's New in Version 0.3 See changelog
Released
Version 0.3 introduces an extra Python file, which users can edit, to ignore specific materials.
With the help of user @DALIIwe have provided a default setup to ignore the Corona Sky material, which is hidden by default. Any search action would potentially result in this material to show up. Instead, with the new functionality added, this material gets ignored in any search action, and thus remains hidden.
The extra Python file is available in subfolder "modules" and named IgnoreTheseMaterials.py
As a user you can add your own, or edit the current settings to ignore any material.
Thanks again to DALII for bringing up the issue, and for the time spent investigating and testing the updated plugin.