The CMSSearchDialog control allows users to enter expressions that are then searched for in the Kentico CMS database. The user can also (optionally) specify the search scope (where to search) and search mode (how to search).

 

CMSSearchDialog can easily be used with the CMSSearchResults control to display search results. Both controls can be used separately.

 

The CMSSearchDialog control is not connected to any data source - it only communicates with the user. The search method in the CMSSearchResults dialog uses the pre-defined searchtree queries stored in document type definitions. It combines all results and returns them as one table.

 

The portal engine equivalent of the CMSSearchDialog control is the Full-text search -> SQL Search dialog web part.

 

The following topics are available to help you familiarize yourself with the CMSSearchDialog control:

 

•Getting started - contains a step-by-step tutorial that allows you to learn the basics of using the control

•Configuration - describes and explains the properties that can be set for the control

•Structure - continues the tutorial from Getting started, shows a more advanced example of how the control can be configured and demonstrates what individual template properties affect

•Appearance and styling - lists which CSS classes can be used with the control and how its appearance can be modified