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Steps to reproduce:
Actual Result: Each time when a user enters some symbol, the console displays an error. Added screenshot and video in the "Attachments" section.
Expected Result: No errors in the Console view and the search should work.
Reproducible with: 2023.2.0a18 (FAV), 2023.2.0b11, 2023.3.0a7.
Not Reproducible with: 2021.3.30f1, 2022.3.10f1, 2023.1.11f1, 2023.2.0a17.
Error:
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
Unity.UI.Builder.CategoryDropdownField+WindowContent.OnSearchChanged (UnityEngine.UIElements.ChangeEvent`1[T] evt) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIBuilder/Editor/Utilities/CategoryDropdownField/CategoryDropdownField+WindowContent.cs:263)
UnityEngine.UIElements.EventCallbackFunctor`1[TEventType].Invoke (UnityEngine.UIElements.EventBase evt) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Events/EventCallback.cs:64)
UnityEngine.UIElements.EventCallbackRegistry+DynamicCallbackList.Invoke (UnityEngine.UIElements.EventBase evt, UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel panel, UnityEngine.UIElements.VisualElement target) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Events/EventCallbackRegistry.cs:228)
UnityEngine.UIElements.EventDispatchUtilities.HandleEventAcrossPropagationPath (UnityEngine.UIElements.EventBase evt, UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel panel, UnityEngine.UIElements.VisualElement target, System.Boolean isCapturingTarget) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Events/EventDispatchUtilities.cs:183)
UnityEngine.UIElements.EventDispatchUtilities.DefaultDispatch (UnityEngine.UIElements.EventBase evt, UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel panel) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Events/EventDispatchUtilities.cs:564)
UnityEngine.UIElements.EventBase.Dispatch (UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel panel) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Events/EventBase.cs:110)
UnityEngine.UIElements.EventDispatcher.ProcessEvent (UnityEngine.UIElements.EventBase evt, UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel panel) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/EventDispatcher.cs:336)
UnityEngine.UIElements.EventDispatcher.ProcessEventQueue () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/EventDispatcher.cs:291)
UnityEngine.UIElements.EventDispatcher.OpenGate () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/EventDispatcher.cs:255)
UnityEngine.UIElements.EventDispatcherGate.Dispose () (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/EventDispatcher.cs:78)
UnityEngine.UIElements.EventDispatcher.ProcessEvent (UnityEngine.UIElements.EventBase evt, UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel panel) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/EventDispatcher.cs:346)
UnityEngine.UIElements.EventDispatcher.Dispatch (UnityEngine.UIElements.EventBase evt, UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel panel, UnityEngine.UIElements.DispatchMode dispatchMode) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/EventDispatcher.cs:200)
UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel.SendEvent (UnityEngine.UIElements.EventBase e, UnityEngine.UIElements.DispatchMode dispatchMode) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/Panel.cs:567)
UnityEngine.UIElements.UIElementsUtility.DoDispatch (UnityEngine.UIElements.BaseVisualElementPanel panel) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/UIElementsUtility.cs:498)
UnityEngine.UIElements.UIElementsUtility.UnityEngine.UIElements.IUIElementsUtility.ProcessEvent (System.Int32 instanceID, System.IntPtr nativeEventPtr, System.Boolean& eventHandled) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/UIElementsUtility.cs:225)
UnityEngine.UIElements.UIEventRegistration.ProcessEvent (System.Int32 instanceID, System.IntPtr nativeEventPtr) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/UIElementsUtility.cs:74)
UnityEngine.UIElements.UIEventRegistration+<>c.<.cctor>b__1_2 (System.Int32 i, System.IntPtr ptr) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/UIElements/Core/UIElementsUtility.cs:28)
UnityEngine.GUIUtility.ProcessEvent (System.Int32 instanceID, System.IntPtr nativeEventPtr, System.Boolean& result) (at /Users/bokken/build/output/unity/unity/Modules/IMGUI/GUIUtility.cs:206)
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