SEARCH BOX help! [SOLVED]

[Calvin_Hobbes]

Hello everyone! I am very new to all of this, but so far I am loving CODA. I saw this thread:

Text control box for search?

I’m creating a search-based detail view. Up top, I have: Person to view: [control button to select from list of people] This lets me to start to type a person’s name, then select from a drop-down list. Then, below that, a table filtered to show just the person or people who matches that control. However, this allows me to do only a full text search. Instead of a Control to choose from a list, I’d like to be able to have a control that just lets me enter text. That way, say, if I type “Mar…

and I too am trying to emulate this in my document. (A search box that is) However, I have no idea about how to actually go about doing it. is it a formula? or a filter setting? if there is anyone who could step by step this for me would be greatly appreciated! Thank you again!

[BenLee]

Hi @Calvin_Hobbes,

Welcome to the Coda Community!

The Detail View includes a search box that will search the column marked as the Display column. And the in-doc search that you see on the top right will search items in the doc like sections, tables, and row values that are display columns values.

For searching a table and even multiple columns in the table, this is a good trick that works really well…

[Calvin_Hobbes]

Hi there! Thank you so much! I realized that they do it by filter and formula within that filter. nonetheless, for my own purposes anyway, the search boxes you recommended will be very helpful!

[Steve_Yang]

Interesting doc !
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