This *NEEDS* to be a mod.

[PkFireAlpha]

so i'm playing morrowind, right? i make tons of potions, like, all the time
and i notice that "wow, the ui used to pick ingredients is the worst possible way this could be done"
I need a mod that makes alchemy not feel like i'm literally digging through a bag of lawn clippings to find what i need
I need a mod that gives the Alchemy menu a *SEARCH* bar or something, or some way to sort ingredients by their first effect

"here's all your ingredients in an inventory window that's 1 tile high, sorted alphabetically, scroll through it every time

edit: oh boy, i sure wish i spent 10 more seconds than i had when searching for this before making a post. i am thankfully not the only one with this complaint and such a thing does in fact exist!

[Oblivionaddicted]

So you found the MWSE alchemy filter mod?

[leonardo2]

So you found the MWSE alchemy filter mod?

I guess the OP is asking about a UI mod for Morrowind that's similiar to SkyUI for Skyrim (SLE, SSE).