Element: Search Field

This element represents a search box.

The element has two labels, one is used for the focused state and the other for the unfocused state.

Sample Search Field

Events

Search elements have a mouseUp event that can be configured using low-code. This event is triggered when the user clicks or touches the magnifying glass button inside the search element.

Properties

Text Section

The properties in this section are used together with those in the appearance section to configure how the element is displayed on the screen. This section deals with the properties related to text used by the search.

Property Description
textSize The text size used in the element’s text.
textFont The font used in the element’s text.
textAlign The text alignment used for the element’s text. It can be aligned to the left, right, or center.
textStyle The style used in the element’s text. It can be bold, italic, underlined, and strikethrough.

Geometry Section

Use the properties in this section to configure the responsive design behaviors for the element.

Property Description
responsive sets if the element size should be responsive.
responsiveX how the element resizes responding to screen changes in the X axis.
responsiveY how the element resizes responding to screen changes in the Y axis.
lockResponsiveAspectRatio Locks the aspect ratio of the element.
allowUnderNotch Stretch to fill notch

Size Section

This section is used to configure the search size and position.

Property Description
width The value in pixels representing the distance between the left side of the element and its right side.
left The value in pixels representing how distant element is from the left side of the window.
height The value in pixels representing the distance between the bottom side of the element and its top side.
top The value in pixels representing how far the element is from the top of the window.
lockAspectRatio Locks the aspect ratio of the element.

Appearance Section

This section is used to configure how the search looks.

Property Description
blendLevel How transparent the element is.
foregroundColor The color used in text.
iconColor the color of the icon.
backgroundColor The color used for the element’s background.
roundRadius How round the corners of the element are.
showBorder Turns the visibility of the element’s borders on or off.
lineSize the size of a line in pixels.
borderColor the color used for the border of the element.
showLabel1 for elements with more than one label, this toggles the visibility of the first label.
label1Color for elements with more than one label, this specifies the color for the first label.
showLabel2 for elements with more than one label, this toggles the visibility of the second label.
label2Color for elements with more than one label, this specifies the color for the second label.

Element Section

This section is contains properties that are specific to elements of type search.

Property Description
name The name of the element. Displayed in the project browser.
label1 for elements with more than one label, this specifies the content for the first label.
label2 for elements with more than one label, this specifies the content for the second label.
Icon sets the Icon of the element.
iconHeight Icon Height
iconWidth Icon Width
maintainAspectRatio Maintain icon aspect ratio.
autosizeIcon Autosize Icon
iconPlacement how the icon should be placed inside the element.

This chapter was last updated on Fri 8 May 2026 15:20:15 BST