# Newb - Search field in Navbar and search results somewhere else

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newb-search-field-in-navbar-and-search-results-somewhere-else/192534>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [July 27, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newb-search-field-in-navbar-and-search-results-somewhere-else/192534 "2019-07-27T19:25:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![lesreaper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lesreaper/32/51040_2.png) [@lesreaper](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lesreaper)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newb-search-field-in-navbar-and-search-results-somewhere-else/192534/1 "2019-07-27T19:25:01Z")

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Hey all,

On my trial for a client, and I'm not understanding how to separate out a search field in the navbar and then putting the actual results on another page in the site. Using React, and there's no example from what I can see of how this is done.

Am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newb-search-field-in-navbar-and-search-results-somewhere-else/192534/2 "2019-08-12T12:37:24Z")

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Hey @lesreaper. Sorry about the late reply.

I don't know that I have a code example handy for this, but typically, you're search field in the navbar would be a simple form, that simply posts to your search page, and passes the search term along as a query parameter.

In other words, submitting the search box in the navbar would simply direct a user to a page like `/search?q=some+search+term`

Your search results page would then read from the `q` parameter to initiate a new query and render the results.

Does that answer your question?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newb-search-field-in-navbar-and-search-results-somewhere-else/192534/3 "2019-09-09T12:37:25Z")

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