jQuery - List and Document Library Search Solution in SharePoint | EndUserSharePoint.com

jQuery - List and Document Library Search Solution in SharePoint | EndUserSharePoint.com

Search has not been easy with SharePoint 2007 and especially with WSS 3.0. For example many times I just want to search list or document library. What I want is ability to see what items match what I’m looking for specifically with the list that is showing right now. I would like to search, not have to refresh the page or go to another location to do the search.

I have been developing another site with SharePoint WSS 3.0 and needed to have such a solution. The site www.mobilesitezone.net (this is designed for smartphones) is a very customized SharePoint site. I then adapted the search created for it to work with any SharePoint List or Document Library.


What was created was a jQuery search solution that only looked at the list on the page and filtered results based on the search criteria. It will search all the fields that are shown on the site and then show you the rows that have any matches.

Here is an example where there is a large list of over 400 items and then a search is made for "google" which then displays just the results.