Hey All!
If it even matters, I'm working with a custom plugin layout where I first organize by effect type and then sub-categorize by Vendor although this behavior seems consistent with built in plugin layouts.
An example of the issue would be my Slate Digital plugins. If I do a search for "Slate" I only get results for plugins that have that string in their plugin name i.e. "Slate Digital FG-X" and "TH-U Slate" but not "Inf EQ" or "Verbsuite Classics". I don't get any results for any of the folders named "Slate" throughout the folder structure. which would be immensely helpful when you're not sure of the exact name of a plugin. Of course, renaming the plugins to include the vendor name would work but that's a bit of madness, eh? ;)
Using the plugin manager I'm able to see, when highlighting a plugin in "Registered Plugins" , that every one of my plugins have the proper vendor name in the "Vendor" field so maybe another way to do it would be to include Vendor as a search criteria or something similar?
Channel Strip
---Slate Digital
------Virtual Mix Rack Dynamics
---Slate Digital
------Slate Digital FG-X
------VBC FG-Grey EQ
---Slate Digital
------Inf EQ Guitar
---Overloud
------TH-U Slate Reverb
---Slate Digital
------Verbsuite Classics
Thx!
Mike