# Clear search box upon form submission/ tab navigation **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [March 9, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-search-box-upon-form-submission-tab-navigation/58940 "2023-03-09T06:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ryan/32/15941_2.png) [@Ryan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ryan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-search-box-upon-form-submission-tab-navigation/58940/1 "2023-03-09T06:23:36Z")
Hi guys, is there a way to auto-clear search box content upon form submission/ after I navigate between tabs? Ta ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-search-box-upon-form-submission-tab-navigation/58940/2 "2023-03-10T00:25:25Z")
As we don’t have access to that native search field, I think it’s a no. If you build your own search function with a user-specific column then it might be possible, but it will incur a huge amount of updates when you scale up. ---
**Author:** ![jorgeleon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jorgeleon/32/23516_2.png) [@jorgeleon](https://community.glideapps.com/u/jorgeleon)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/clear-search-box-upon-form-submission-tab-navigation/58940/3 "2023-04-13T12:41:22Z")
@Ryan, I think what you asked for is happening. Sadly for me, because for my app I prefer the old behavior. I explain it here: [(Possible) Bug in search behavior of Inline Lists](https://community.glideapps.com/t/possible-bug-in-search-behavior-of-inline-lists/60479)