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+-- Required libraries
+local gui = require('gui') -- Importing the 'gui' library
+local widgets = require('gui.widgets') -- Importing the 'widgets' library
+
+-- Define SearchEngine class
+SearchEngine = defclass(SearchEngine, widgets.Window) -- Defining a new class 'SearchEngine' that inherits from 'widgets.Window'
+SearchEngine.ATTRS = {
+    frame_title='Search Engine for Fort-Controlled Units', -- Title of the frame
+    frame={w=50, h=45}, -- Dimensions of the frame
+    resizable=true, -- Frame can be resized
+    resize_min={w=43, h=20}, -- Minimum dimensions when resizing
+}
+
+function SearchEngine:init() -- Initialization function for the SearchEngine class
+    self:addviews{
+        widgets.EditField{
+            view_id='edit',
+            frame={t=1, l=1}, -- Position of the EditField view
+            text='', -- Initial text in the EditField view
+            on_change=self:callback('updateList'), -- Callback function when text in EditField changes
+        },
+        widgets.List{
+            view_id='list',
+            frame={t=3, b=0},
+            choices=self:getFortControlledUnits(), -- Choices in the List view are obtained from getFortControlledUnits function
+            on_select=self:callback('onSelect'), -- Callback function when a unit is selected from the list
+        }
+    }
+end
+
+function SearchEngine:getFortControlledUnits()
+    local fortControlledUnits = {}
+    for _, unit in ipairs(df.global.world.units.active) do
+        local unitName = dfhack.TranslateName(dfhack.units.getVisibleName(unit))
+        if unitName == "" then
+            -- Use the race name if the unit's name field is empty
+            unitName = dfhack.units.getRaceName(unit)
+        end
+        if dfhack.units.isVisible(unit) and dfhack.units.isActive(unit) then
+            table.insert(fortControlledUnits, {text=unitName, search_normalized=dfhack.toSearchNormalized(unitName), id=unit.id})
+        end
+    end
+    table.sort(fortControlledUnits, function(a, b) return a.text < b.text end)
+    return fortControlledUnits
+end
+
+function SearchEngine:updateList()
+    local input = dfhack.toSearchNormalized(self.subviews.edit.text)
+    local fortControlledUnits = self:getFortControlledUnits()
+    local filtered_fortControlledUnits = {}
+
+    for _, unit in ipairs(fortControlledUnits) do
+        if string.find(unit.search_normalized, input) then
+            table.insert(filtered_fortControlledUnits, unit)
+        end
+    end
+
+    self.subviews.list:setChoices(filtered_fortControlledUnits)
+end
+
+function SearchEngine:onSelect(index, unit)
+-- Assign the unit to a specific id
+local unit = df.unit.find(unit.id)
+
+-- Get the position of the unit and center the camera on the unit
+local x, y, z = dfhack.units.getPosition(unit)
+dfhack.gui.revealInDwarfmodeMap(xyz2pos(x, y, z), true)
+
+-- Get the dimensions of the Dwarf Fortress map
+local dims = dfhack.gui.getDwarfmodeViewDims()
+-- Calculate zoom factor based on current viewport zoom level
+local gpsZoom = df.global.gps.viewport_zoom_factor
+-- Set the mouse x and y positions to click on the unit
+df.global.gps.precise_mouse_x = (x - df.global.window_x) * gpsZoom // 4 + gpsZoom // 8
+df.global.gps.precise_mouse_y = (y - df.global.window_y) * gpsZoom // 4 + gpsZoom // 8
+
+-- Enable mouse tracking and set the left mouse button as pressed
+df.global.enabler.tracking_on = 1
+df.global.enabler.mouse_lbut = 1
+df.global.enabler.mouse_lbut_down = 1
+
+-- Simulate a left mouse click at the current mouse position
+gui.simulateInput(dfhack.gui.getDFViewscreen(), '_MOUSE_R')
+
+gui.simulateInput(dfhack.gui.getDFViewscreen(), '_MOUSE_L')
+
+-- Disable mouse tracking and set the left mouse button as not pressed
+df.global.enabler.tracking_on = 0
+df.global.enabler.mouse_lbut = 0
+df.global.enabler.mouse_lbut_down = 0
+
+end
+
+-- Screen creation
+SearchEngineScreen = defclass(SearchEngineScreen, gui.ZScreen)
+SearchEngineScreen.ATTRS = {
+    focus_path='SearchEngine',
+}
+
+function SearchEngineScreen:init()
+    self:addviews{SearchEngine{}}
+end
+
+function SearchEngineScreen:onDismiss()
+    view = nil
+end
+
+view = view and view:raise() or SearchEngineScreen{}:show()