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Carbon Design System Search Pattern

Documents active, focused, recent, and type-ahead search behaviors, including query suggestions, keyboard navigation, result counts, and widening search scope.

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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports

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Search suggestions Choose suggestions when guidance improves query formulation. Suggestions update from the current input without replacing it unexpectedly. Carbon search guidance supports recent searches, type-ahead suggestions, keyboard selection, Escape dismissal, and search result counts.
Typeahead Choose typeahead when live result hits should appear as the user types and the result set can update safely before explicit submit. Typing changes the query and schedules live lookup only when the minimum length and privacy rules allow it. Carbon documents type-ahead suggestions, keyboard cycling, Enter selection, Escape dismissal, and search result counts.

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Publisher: IBM Carbon Design System. Last checked: .