searching gimp brushes?

[jackiebean2017]

I've been using Gimp for a very long time and seen it go through a lot of changes. This recent version has some nice changes like the unified window. So glad they fixed that. But some other things seem to have gotten truncated or maybe they were add ons? I seem to remember that I was once able to search brushes and actually find them easily. No longer can I search effectively, and the dropdown is so small now (not the icons, the dropdown on the brush toolbox) that I cant find anything without a hassle. I have a ton of brushes too. Is there a way to edit this somehow or resize the dropdown so i can actually read the brush names? What happened to grouping? maybe I'm remembering an add on or something, but since Gimp was updated there's a lot of functionality I'm missing and its killing my workflow because I have to troubleshoot things I shouldn't have to when there's an update. This is exactly why i work mostly on my tablet and import the psd to Gimp

Can anyone help me figure out how to fix this? I want either the brushes to be completely searchable, or the dropdown to be wider so i can see the full brush name