# Search the whole tab **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [March 22, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667 "2020-03-22T10:47:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/zebest/32/3058_2.png) [@Zebest](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Zebest)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/1 "2020-03-22T10:47:49Z")
Hi I am looking for a way that we can search the whole tab (section). Basically everything on the tab including the row headers and all columns and rows in one particular tab. Additionally also search bar that searches a word on every sheet and every tab. Thanks. Suk ---
**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:** [March 22, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/2 "2020-03-22T15:43:51Z")
> [@Search field in the details section](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-field-in-the-details-section/5666/2): > > As far as I know, you can only search a list and then only the data values within that list. I don’t think there is a way to search for text within a detail view. You can only search a list on a specific tab. ---
**Author:** ![Zebest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/zebest/32/3058_2.png) [@Zebest](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Zebest)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/3 "2020-03-22T15:57:17Z")
Thanks ;( ---
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/4 "2020-04-15T18:28:55Z")
Is there a way to search for a URL? My search doesn’t seem to include columns that have URLs in them. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/5 "2020-04-15T18:47:11Z")
It’s my understanding that search only works for columns displayed in the list or details. Does it work if you add the URL as visible text? ---
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/6 "2020-04-15T19:05:14Z")
Nope it doesn’t. I also tried creating an If column in Glide that just copies the link again (in the hopes that it would be recognized by search) but it didn’t work. It seems (to me) that search only works for Text columns and since links are identified as links and not text, it is not searchable. @Mark is there any way to make this possible? My use case — app admins want to be able to search for a URL before approving new content to make sure it’s not already posted. The title text of the post may not always match a previous entry, but the URLs can be searchable, then the admins can check for a duplicate URL and go from there. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/7 "2020-04-15T19:22:48Z")
Try a template column that joins some random text with the url column so it’s recognized as text. Like ‘Url: https://…’ Or just the url in a template column. ---
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/8 "2020-04-15T22:23:15Z")
Good idea, but unfortunately still not working. ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/9 "2020-04-15T23:00:05Z")
Here’s something that probably works, despite my disapproval: Make a Text component containing the link, then set a visibility condition that makes it always invisible. ---
**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 11:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/10 "2020-04-16T11:12:13Z")
I got it working but only after moving the Text component to the top of my Details view (seems to need to be in the top few components of the Details view for it to search properly). ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/11 "2020-04-16T13:28:40Z")
No, that shouldn’t make a difference. If you can reproduce that please let me know, and I’ll fix it. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Sullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/tim_sullivan/32/3461_2.png) [@Tim\_Sullivan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Tim_Sullivan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/12 "2020-04-16T14:00:53Z")
I got it to work. I used a bunch of single words in one field and can search by any of them and find the result. Curious @Mark why you disapprove. I actually think it’s kind of a cool backdoor search thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/search-the-whole-tab/5667/13 "2020-04-16T14:48:51Z")
It’s a neat hack in this case, but in the common case, you wouldn’t want hidden components to be searched.