When doing search UI’s with multiple search expressions like this:
The used search expression is deduced from the rules explained here: http://www.new.capableobjects.com/2011/02/27/the-multi-variable-seeker/
But having that is all fine – we need a way to tell the user what to expect from the search – ie it is often so that one search expression is associated with a specific column in search result and users have indicated that it is important to understand what the search logic has done.
So we added a tagged value on the SearchExpressions: Eco.HiliteGridColumn , and you are supposed to set this to the value NameOfViewModelClassThatIsTheSearchResult.NameOfTheColumnToHiliteWhenThisParticularSearchExpressionIsInEffect.
If you do it may look like this:
SearchExpression TaggedValue Eco.HiliteGridColumn=SearchResultGrid.Efternamn
SearchExpression2 TaggedValue Eco.HiliteGridColumn=SearchResultGrid.Förnamn
And when you search in WECPOF:
And another click (that moves the search to the other expression):
