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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion categories/design/rules-to-better-navigation-and-links.mdx
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- rule: public/uploads/rules/do-you-avoid-linking-users-to-the-sign-in-page-directly/rule.mdx
- rule: public/uploads/rules/does-your-menu-use-an-icon-to-indicate-if-there-is-a-sub-menu/rule.mdx
- rule: public/uploads/rules/do-you-give-option-to-widen-a-search/rule.mdx
- rule: public/uploads/rules/urls-must-not-have-unc-paths/rule.mdx
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- rule: public/uploads/rules/embed-youtube-videos/rule.mdx
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---
archivedreason: null
type: rule
title: Do you give an option to widen a search?
uri: do-you-give-option-to-widen-a-search
categories:
- category: categories/websites-and-cms/rules-to-better-websites-development.mdx
authors:
- title: Adam Cogan
url: https://www.ssw.com.au/people/adam-cogan
- title: Shigemi Matsumoto
url: https://www.ssw.com.au/people/shigemi-matsumoto
- title: Chris Briggs
url: https://www.ssw.com.au/people/chris-briggs
created: 2015-09-08 06:04:34+00:00
- title: Adam Cogan
url: 'https://www.ssw.com.au/people/adam-cogan'
- title: Shigemi Matsumoto
url: 'https://www.ssw.com.au/people/shigemi-matsumoto'
- title: Chris Briggs
url: 'https://www.ssw.com.au/people/chris-briggs'
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seoDescription: 'When combining search and filtering functionality, ensure users can widen their search to avoid unexpected results.'
created: 2015-09-08T06:04:34.000Z
createdBy: Christopher Briggs
createdByEmail: ChrisBriggs@ssw.com.au
guid: 179c39cf-467e-49ab-8da9-92786a915e4c
lastUpdated: 2026-08-06T22:29:50.795Z
lastUpdatedBy: Tiago Araujo
lastUpdatedByEmail: TiagoAraujo@ssw.com.au
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lastUpdated: 2015-12-01 05:51:56+00:00
lastUpdatedBy: Christopher Briggs
lastUpdatedByEmail: ChrisBriggs@ssw.com.au
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seoDescription: When combining search and filtering functionality, ensure users can
widen their search to avoid unexpected results.
title: Do you give an option to widen a search?
categories:
- category: categories/design/rules-to-better-navigation-and-links.mdx
type: rule
uri: do-you-give-option-to-widen-a-search
archivedreason: null
---

You must be careful when combining search and filtering functionality as this can lead to unexpected search results, which can easily confuse if not infuriate your users. Therefore you should always, give the option to widen the search when a filter is applied.

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