Search app extension sample

Participating in the Search Extension lets users search with your app from anywhere in the system (including another app) by selecting your app in the Search charm.

Follow these steps to see how users select an app (with this extension) to search from the Search charm:

1. Open charms bar
2. Select Search
3. Type in a query
4. Submit the query
5. Select a different app in the search pane
6. Submit a new query
7. Switch back to Search Extension Sample app in the Search Pane

Provide search suggestions from a local list provided by your application.

Please follow these steps to try it out:

1. Open charms bar
2. Select Search
3. Type in a query
4. Search suggestions will be provided

Use linguistic alternatives to query terms for East Asian search (primarily in China and Japan). The alternatives are matched against a static set of suggestions.
Note: A Japanese IME must be enabled for this scenario to function properly.

Please follow these steps to try it out:

1. Open charms bar
2. Select Search
3. Type in a query
4. Search suggestions will be provided

Use suggestions provided by Windows for content in Libraries or Folders. These suggestions are based on filenames and file metadata.
Note: Make sure there are music files in your Music Library.

Please follow these steps to try it out:

1. Open charms bar
2. Select Search
3. Type in a query
4. Search suggestions will be provided

This example shows how to use Open Search suggestions in an app enrolled in the search extension.

Please follow these steps to try it out:

1. Open charms bar
2. Select Search
3. Type in a query
4. Search suggestions will be provided

This example shows how to use search suggestions that come from a server in XML format.

Please follow these steps to try it out:

1. Open charms bar
2. Select Search
3. Type in a query
4. Search suggestions will be provided