---
title: searchTextField
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uisearchbar/searchtextfield
---

# searchTextField

The text field that the user enters a search query into.

## Declaration

```swift
var searchTextField: UISearchTextField { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion For details about interacting with the text field, accessing its content, and using tokens, see UISearchTextField and UISearchToken.

## See Also

### Getting the search text

- [placeholder](uikit/uisearchbar/placeholder.md)
- [prompt](uikit/uisearchbar/prompt.md)
- [text](uikit/uisearchbar/text.md)