Introduce settings options within the UI framework

BHoM_UI.sln

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
-# Visual Studio 15
-VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.28307.1169
+# Visual Studio Version 17
+VisualStudioVersion = 17.9.34616.47
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "BHoM_UI", "BHoM_UI\BHoM_UI.csproj", "{69F4F042-E23A-4673-AB32-3D787CFA976C}"
 EndProject
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "UI_Engine", "UI_Engine\UI_E
 		{50D4C1ED-C16C-4365-A742-938BF49EC4B0} = {50D4C1ED-C16C-4365-A742-938BF49EC4B0}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "BHoM_Windows_UI", "BHoM_Windows_UI\BHoM_Windows_UI.csproj", "{9BA156D1-851D-4267-A94F-6F238D17B634}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -30,6 +32,10 @@ Global
 		{565DDBD0-5C04-4BE9-B57D-CE54C2124ABB}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{565DDBD0-5C04-4BE9-B57D-CE54C2124ABB}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{565DDBD0-5C04-4BE9-B57D-CE54C2124ABB}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{9BA156D1-851D-4267-A94F-6F238D17B634}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{9BA156D1-851D-4267-A94F-6F238D17B634}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{9BA156D1-851D-4267-A94F-6F238D17B634}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{9BA156D1-851D-4267-A94F-6F238D17B634}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE

BHoM_UI/Global/GlobalSearch.cs

@@ -155,9 +155,20 @@ private static void M_SearchMenu_Disposed(object sender, EventArgs e)
 
         private static void ShowWithConstraint(SearchConfig config)
         {
+            var settings = BH.Engine.Settings.Query.GetSettings(typeof(BH.oM.UI.SearchSettings)) as SearchSettings;
+            List<string> excludedToolkits = new List<string>();
+            if (settings != null)
+                excludedToolkits = settings.Toolkits.Where(x => !x.Include).Select(x => x.Toolkit).ToList();
+
             if (config != null)
             {
-                m_SearchMenu.PossibleItems = m_PossibleItems.Select(x =>
+                m_SearchMenu.PossibleItems = m_PossibleItems.Where(x =>
+                {
+                    if (excludedToolkits.Any(y => x.Text.Contains(y)))
+                        return false;
+
+                    return true; //If the text does not contain any of the excluded toolkits then include it in this display
+                }).Select(x =>
                 {
                     SearchItem withWeight = x.ShallowClone() as SearchItem;
                     withWeight.Weight = withWeight.Weight(config);
@@ -166,7 +177,13 @@ private static void ShowWithConstraint(SearchConfig config)
             }
             else
             {
-                m_SearchMenu.PossibleItems = m_PossibleItems;
+                m_SearchMenu.PossibleItems = m_PossibleItems.Where(x =>
+                {
+                    if (excludedToolkits.Any(y => x.Text.Contains(y)))
+                        return false;
+
+                    return true; //If the text does not contain any of the excluded toolkits then include it in this display
+                }).ToList();
             }
 
             m_SearchMenu.HitsOnEmptySearch = config != null;

BHoM_Windows_UI/BHoM_Windows_UI.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>{9BA156D1-851D-4267-A94F-6F238D17B634}</ProjectGuid>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
+    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
+    <RootNamespace>BH.UI.Base.Windows</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>BHoM_Windows_UI</AssemblyName>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.7.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+    <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>..\Build\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>..\Build\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="BHoM">
+      <HintPath>$(ProgramData)\BHoM\Assemblies\BHoM.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>False</Private>
+      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="BHoM_Engine">
+      <HintPath>$(ProgramData)\BHoM\Assemblies\BHoM_Engine.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>False</Private>
+      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="PresentationCore" />
+    <Reference Include="PresentationFramework" />
+    <Reference Include="Settings_Engine">
+      <HintPath>$(ProgramData)\BHoM\Assemblies\Settings_Engine.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>False</Private>
+      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xaml" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
+    <Reference Include="WindowsBase" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Interface\ISettingsWindow.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
+      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
+      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
+      <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Settings\SearchSettingsWindow.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>SearchSettingsWindow.xaml</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="ViewModel\ToolkitSelectItemModel.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Page Include="Settings\SearchSettingsWindow.xaml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+    </Page>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\UI_oM\UI_oM.csproj">
+      <Project>{50d4c1ed-c16c-4365-a742-938bf49ec4b0}</Project>
+      <Name>UI_oM</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
+      <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
+      <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Resource Include="Resources\BHoM_Logo.png" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <PostBuildEvent>xcopy "$(TargetDir)$(TargetFileName)"  "$(ProgramData)\BHoM\Assemblies" /Y</PostBuildEvent>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>

BHoM_Windows_UI/Interface/ISettingsWindow.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace BH.UI.Base.Windows
+{
+    public interface ISettingsWindow
+    {
+        void OnPopUpClose();
+    }
+}

BHoM_Windows_UI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following
+// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
+// associated with an assembly.
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("BHoM_Windows_UI")]
+[assembly: AssemblyDescription("https://github.com/BHoM/BHoM_UI")]
+[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCompany("BuroHappold Engineering")]
+[assembly: AssemblyProduct("BHoM_Windows_UI")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © BuroHappold Engineering 2024")]
+[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
+
+// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible
+// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from
+// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
+[assembly: ComVisible(false)]
+
+// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
+[assembly: Guid("9ba156d1-851d-4267-a94f-6f238d17b634")]
+
+// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
+//
+//      Major Version
+//      Minor Version
+//      Build Number
+//      Revision
+//
+// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers
+// by using the '*' as shown below:
+// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("7.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("7.1.0.0")]