# Google style Search Page **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [May 4, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599 "2022-05-04T03:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mozzie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mozzie/32/17519_2.png) [@Mozzie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mozzie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/1 "2022-05-04T03:27:28Z")
Hi I’m creating a web app for my company to be able to search parts lists. What I need is the initial page to be a search bar only page, similar to Google. Is this possible? cheers ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/2 "2022-05-04T03:50:24Z")
Yes, it’s possible. Here is a general approach: - Use a text input component to capture the search term - Write the input to a user specific column - Cast the value to all rows in the tables that need to be searched using a single value column - Use one or more if-then-else columns to find matching rows - Display the results using an Inline List component ---
**Author:** ![Mozzie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mozzie/32/17519_2.png) [@Mozzie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mozzie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/3 "2022-05-04T04:46:51Z")
thanks for your reply… i’m not quite following what you mean by :: • write the input to a specific column • cast the value… I’ve created a detail page and added a text entry component but I seem to only be able to get the source column (see attached screenshot) cheers ![Screen Shot 2022-05-04 at 2.43.34 pm](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/6/2/62d1dfaf1075cd09eb9936524025fd1aecce14c2.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/4 "2022-05-04T05:04:20Z")
> [@Mozzie](#): > > write the input to a specific column > **[User-specific columns | Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/user-specific-columns)** > > Allow cells to hold unique data for each user. > [@Mozzie](#): > > cast the value… > **[Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs)** > > Welcome to Glide Docs, a steadily growing collection of articles and videos on how to use Glide. We can’t wait to see what you build! ---
**Author:** ![Mozzie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mozzie/32/17519_2.png) [@Mozzie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mozzie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/5 "2022-05-04T05:47:39Z")
i’ve created the columns but presumably a button needs to be added to execute the search? in addition to this it means a new action needs to be created? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/6 "2022-05-04T05:50:14Z")
No, but actually - let’s take a step back… do all you part numbers exist in a single table? If so, why not just use an Inline List and enable search on it? Have you tried that? ---
**Author:** ![Mozzie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mozzie/32/17519_2.png) [@Mozzie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mozzie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/7 "2022-05-04T05:54:11Z")
Yes, just trying to create a clean page to search and then show a single result. eg Engineer is on at a customer site and checks a part on site to see if it needs to be kept or returned. They can key the part number and see the detail which say return or dispose. Just keeps the initial page clean as I may add other functionality ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/8 "2022-05-04T05:55:38Z")
Okay, fair enough. It’s easy enough to do, but might be quicker if I show you rather than describe it. Give me a little while and I’ll make a short video. ---
**Author:** ![Mozzie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mozzie/32/17519_2.png) [@Mozzie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mozzie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 5:58am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/9 "2022-05-04T05:58:57Z")
Thank you. I’ve created a complete CRM with deals, activities, customer equipment lists, contacts and even a product catalogue and email function to send to customers but this one had me stumped completely. Im surprised a search component hasn’t been added allowing it to be placed anywhere on a page as opposed to the top of a list only cheers ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/10 "2022-05-04T06:02:56Z")
Here you go: N.B. I realise the example I gave here is using Pages, but the exact same approach works for Apps. ---
**Author:** ![Mozzie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mozzie/32/17519_2.png) [@Mozzie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mozzie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 6:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/11 "2022-05-04T06:57:27Z")
> [@Darren\_Murphy](#): > > Here That’s awesome…thank you very much. For some reason my text entry field won’t allow me to enter any text :: ![filter screen](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/9/996ab0f798a8d67a1600f0019f94924682946a72.png) ![sheet](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/b/fb74fa743da45ba05b6238b43c8312b42b5f0513.png) ![text entry](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/8/7/87c8b1dee8149994252be11fb84d3dfd4fcec810.png) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/12 "2022-05-04T07:00:01Z")
> [@Mozzie](#): > > For some reason my text entry field won’t allow me to enter any text That usually means there is no row available to be written to. Do you have any filters applied at the tab level? ---
**Author:** ![Mozzie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mozzie/32/17519_2.png) [@Mozzie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mozzie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/13 "2022-05-04T10:58:39Z")
Sorry just back at the computer. Good question I’ll have a look ---
**Author:** ![Mozzie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mozzie/32/17519_2.png) [@Mozzie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mozzie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-style-search-page/41599/14 "2022-05-04T11:01:57Z")
I’m a ding-a-ling, that was it 🙄