MATE with a menu search bar?

One of the things really want from a DE is a menu search bar for the apps menu. I get this with xfce (whiskers) and I like xfce a lot, but I often find e.g. power management and system monitoring (end other things) annoying. I usually use Cinnamon which is in many was very good. But, I would like to keep things simple and just go with trisquel's build in Mate DE. But there is no menu search bar.

Now, looking at Linux Mint's Mate edition, there _is_ a menu search bar.

Why isn't there a such in trisquel's Mate DE?
Can it be installed on top?