Filter option in VS Code extension is not very useful

[darrelmiller]

What are you generating using Kiota, clients or plugins?

API Client/SDK

In what context or format are you using Kiota?

Nuget tool

Client library/SDK language

None

Describe the bug

I'm trying to use the API Explorer to find an API operation that is of interest to me. e.g. I load the Microsoft Graph OpenAPI and filter on the phrase "sendmail" because I want to generate for that particular API. However, the filter also filters out the POST operation under "sendmail" so I cannot select it.
When I remove the sendmail filter so that I can see the POST operation for sendmail, the entire tree refreshes and I lose my place.

Expected behavior

I expect to be able to search for a segment and then somehow interact with the operations related to that segment. I see two possible solutions. Provide a way to clear the filter but keep the cursor on the currently selected node. The other solution might be to always show the nodes underneath the filtered node. I think I prefer the second solution because it allows me to focus on the subtree below the filtered node.

How to reproduce

In the description.

Open API description file

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Kiota Version

1.15.0-preview.202405160001+b242eafdf0eae4ac8063500a238ac1f2be1e2988

Latest Kiota version known to work for scenario above?(Not required)

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Known Workarounds

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Configuration

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Debug output

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[baywet]

@darrelmiller are you suggesting we always keep only the leaf nodes (operations) under what's filtered? or the whole branch?

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