From ac782aa5bbb2cbe95edadd3dd34876bf197d2bd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shawrkie Williams <williams.darnell56@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 17:47:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adds external category search

Extends the inventory filter to include searching through external category tags provided by other mods.
---
 AetherBags/Inventory/Categories/InventoryFilter.cs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/AetherBags/Inventory/Categories/InventoryFilter.cs b/AetherBags/Inventory/Categories/InventoryFilter.cs
index a35f7f6..6dddfde 100644
--- a/AetherBags/Inventory/Categories/InventoryFilter.cs
+++ b/AetherBags/Inventory/Categories/InventoryFilter.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using AetherBags.Helpers;
 using AetherBags.Inventory.Items;
+using AetherBags.IPC.ExternalCategorySystem;
 
 namespace AetherBags.Inventory.Categories;
 
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ public static class InventoryFilter
                     isMatch = info.Name.Contains(filterString, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || info.DescriptionContains(filterString);
                 }
 
+                if (!isMatch)
+                {
+                    isMatch = ExternalCategoryManager.MatchesSearchTag(info.Item.ItemId, filterString);
+                }
+
                 if (isMatch != invert)
                     filtered.Add(info);
             }