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Type

Description

Example

Live Search

  • Live search is also known as Active search, Incremental search or Search-as-you-type.

  • Each character that the user enters or deletes runs the search query.

  • This type of search is usually suitable for small-medium databases.

Search with Auto-Suggest

  • The system automatically suggests terms after the user has typed 2 or more characters.

  • The search itself runs only after the user triggered it, by selecting a suggestion, clicking the search icon, or hitting the Enter key.

  • This type of search is usually suitable for large and complex databases.

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Usage & Behavior

General guidelines

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Type

Description

In Live Search Mode

In Auto Suggest Mode

Type-ahead

All results will start with the typed string.

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Contains

The search string may appear anywhere within a result

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  • Type-ahead should be the default approach. However, consider using the contains approach when:

    • The user is not familiar with the list terminology or the full name of the item.

    • The list includes complex items, such as agent names or combinations of numbers and strings.

  • An additional background color will be added to the bold string in these cases:

    • When the searched items are already presented in bold within the list of results.

    • Where there are other, non-searchable bold items within the set of results list, such as bold headers in a hierarchical list, that may cause confusion.

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