---
title: searchText
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uicontentunavailableconfigurationstate-swift.struct/searchtext
---

# searchText

The search text.

## Declaration

```swift
var searchText: String? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion By default, this property returns the search bar text from the view controller’s search controller.