---
title: Search Field
framework: appkit
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: appkit/search-field
---

# Search Field

Provide a text field that is optimized for text-based search interfaces.

## Topics

### View

- [NSSearchField](appkit/nssearchfield.md)

### Cell

- [NSSearchFieldCell](appkit/nssearchfieldcell.md)

### Search and Replace

- [NSTextFinder](appkit/nstextfinder.md)
- [NSTextFinderBarContainer](appkit/nstextfinderbarcontainer.md)
- [NSTextFinderClient](appkit/nstextfinderclient.md)

## See Also

### Controls

- [Responding to control-based events using target-action](uikit/responding-to-control-based-events-using-target-action.md)
- [NSButton](appkit/nsbutton.md)
- [NSColorWell](appkit/nscolorwell.md)
- [Combo Box](appkit/combo-box.md)
- [NSComboButton](appkit/nscombobutton.md)
- [Date Picker](appkit/date-picker.md)
- [NSImageView](appkit/nsimageview.md)
- [NSLevelIndicator](appkit/nslevelindicator.md)
- [Path Control](appkit/path-control.md)
- [NSPopUpButton](appkit/nspopupbutton.md)
- [NSProgressIndicator](appkit/nsprogressindicator.md)
- [NSRuleEditor](appkit/nsruleeditor.md)
- [NSPredicateEditor](appkit/nspredicateeditor.md)
- [NSSegmentedControl](appkit/nssegmentedcontrol.md)
- [Slider](appkit/slider.md)