Adding a Search Box to an ASP.Net Dynamic Data Page

Question

Does anyone know how to add a simple search text box to an ASP.NET dynamic data list page? I want to be able to quickly jump to a specific row without using dynamic data filters to narrow the scope.

Answer 1

A CodePlex project called ASP.NET Dynamic Data Filtering makes it easy to search for any information on your site, even if you use the dynamic Data Structure from ASP.NET 3.5. Follow these instructions to get the search text box.

Answer 2

The new Dynamic Data 4 view has a data source called BusinessLogicDataSource, here are some examples of how you can use it to implement a search.

http://quickstarts.asp.net/previews/dynamicdata/dd_AddSearchtoDynamicData.htm

I can’t say how to do this in the current implementation of Dynamic Data, I also searched for this answer and came across a preview site and this question.

Answer 3

if you are using .NETv4, look at this example of extending filtering support in dynamic data Text filtering in dynamic data

Answer 4

You can also consider one of the ASP.NET dynamic data site search implementations that works just fine: Adding multiple column searches to the default list page in dynamic data .