Editing Incremental search (section)

== Variants ==

This feature, or variations thereof, has also been referred to as [[Autocomplete]], '''search as you type''', '''filter/find as you type''' (FAYT), '''incremental search''', '''typeahead search''', '''inline search''', '''instant search''', '''word wheeling''', and other names as well.

Some common [[keyboard shortcut]]s for incremental find are Ctrl/Cmd-F (like for traditional find), F3, the [[GNU]]-style <kbd>[[slash (punctuation)|/]]</kbd> (also applicable to [[Vim (text editor)|Vim]]<ref>
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=== Searches for files and media ===

This user interface method is also employed in varying contexts. For example, a user may encounter this feature while searching for files whose names match a string in an operating system's file explorer shell. The feature may also be used during searches for songs whose name or artist match a string in a media player.

=== Searches for user interface elements ===

Another variation is to filter through long lists of options or menu items that may appear within the user interface itself. Examples of this variation can be found in the '''about:config''' interface section of Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.14 and later versions; and in the bundle editor section of [[TextMate]] 1.5.7. This feature is also employed in application launchers such as [[Quicksilver (software)|Quicksilver]] 1.0.

Typically a list of matches is generated as the search query is typed, and the list is progressively narrowed to match the filter text.

=== Web search ===

In September 2010, Google introduced [[Instant Search|Google Instant]], an incremental search feature for Google Search.

===Resource consumption===
Incremental search on a non-local server, as in Web search, uses more network bandwidth and server processing than non-incremental search, due to the handling of [[XMLHttpRequest]]s (or similar) which are typically fired from each [[DOM events|onkeyup event]].