# \[Solved\] Search for data viewer list

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-search-for-data-viewer-list/569654
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** data-viewer
**Created:** [May 16, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-search-for-data-viewer-list/569654 "2020-05-16T06:01:23Z")
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#### Post date: [May 16, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-search-for-data-viewer-list/569654/2 "2020-05-16T21:57:03Z")

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Hi @samdev.

This is not quite possible as of now. The Thunkable team are working hard on bringing some awesome new updates to the Data Viewer, which should allow for custom searching in a data list.

Meanwhile, if you want to search the Data Viewer and display the results in a regular list, you can take a look at Jane’s fantastic guide on searching a list and displaying results here:

> [@Making a Search Bar](http://community.thunkable.com/t/making-a-search-bar/60939):
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> Note: This tutorial was updated in June 2020 to reflect the new [when Text Input Changes](https://docs.thunkable.com/text-input#changes) block, which makes adding a search bar to your app much easier! This post will talk about creating a search bar for your app. Search Bars are great if you have a lot of text items or List Viewer options that you want to make available to the user without having a lot of items on the Screen at once. This post will describe how to make a search bar with a search button and a search bar that updates automatic…

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