search_box: add function to set text programmatically

This way we can set the search box text without triggering the
signals for settings autocomplete entries
[endlessm/eos-sdk#3442]

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/overrides/endless_private/search_box.js b/overrides/endless_private/search_box.js
index ea45531..f076962 100644
--- a/overrides/endless_private/search_box.js
+++ b/overrides/endless_private/search_box.js
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ const SearchBox = new Lang.Class({
         return Gdk.EVENT_STOP;
     },
 
+    /* Set the entry text without triggering the text-changed signal.
+    */
+    set_text_programmatically: function (text) {
+        if (this.text === text)
+            return;
+        this._entry_changed_by_widget = true;
+        this.text = text;
+        this.set_position(-1);
+    },
+
     /* Set the menu items by providing an array of item objects:
         [
             {