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title: "PDF text search in MAUI | Nutrient SDK"
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description: "Search across PDF pages for matching text in your MAUI app. Nutrient MAUI SDK offers developers a user interface (UI) for searching."
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# PDF text search in MAUI

Search across PDF pages for matching text in your MAUI app. Nutrient MAUI SDK offers developers a user interface (UI) for searching and highlighting relevant matches. Additionally, it offers access to JavaScript APIs for programmatic full-text search UI customization.

These APIs will be further enhanced and translated into native APIs in future updates.

## Searching using the UI

1. Click the magnifying glass in the main toolbar to search.![Search button and popup](@/assets/guides/maui/search/search-popup.png)

2. Enter the text you want to search for in the search text box.![Searched text](@/assets/guides/maui/search/searched-text.png)

3. Click the arrow buttons to navigate to the next or previous search result.

## Searching programmatically

Search APIs for Nutrient MAUI SDK are identical to those for our Web SDK. When searching programmatically in a MAUI application, refer to the Nutrient Web SDK [search documentation](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/web/search.md). If you’d like to bridge these APIs with your MAUI app, refer to our guide that explains [how to bridge web APIs](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/maui/advanced-access-apis.md).
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- [AI Assistant](/guides/maui/ai-assistant.md)
- [Advanced access to APIs](/guides/maui/advanced-access-apis.md)
- [PDF bookmarks in MAUI](/guides/maui/bookmarks.md)
- [Demo: MAUI PDF library](/guides/maui/demo.md)
- [Changelog for .NET MAUI](/guides/maui/changelog.md)
- [PDF document security in MAUI](/guides/maui/document-security.md)
- [Compare PDF files in MAUI](/guides/maui/comparison.md)
- [Download our MAUI library](/guides/maui/downloads.md)
- [MAUI PDF form library](/guides/maui/forms.md)
- [Edit PDFs in MAUI](/guides/maui/editor.md)
- [MAUI PDF library](/guides/maui.md)
- [Nutrient guides: Integrate our PDF library](/guides/maui/intro.md)
- [MAUI PDF generation library](/guides/maui/pdf-generation.md)
- [Printing a PDF in MAUI](/guides/maui/print.md)
- [Redact PDF files in MAUI](/guides/maui/redaction.md)
- [Troubleshooting](/guides/maui/troubleshoot.md)
- [Upgrade and migration guides](/guides/maui/upgrade.md)