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Search enables users to find relevant content in a List or dataset by specifying a word, phrase, or query.

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Types

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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• 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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Clear All

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• The X button appears after the first character is typed, and disappears when the text is cleared (either manually or by clicking the X button).

• Clicking the X button will:

  • delete all characters.

  • focus on the text field, so that new search term can be entered.

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