Using the URL to filter a list

Question

All,
I am using the URL to filter a list, for example, FilterField1=Writer&FilterValue1=Chris%20Tobey.
In this method, we need to provide the FilterField which is the column name. Can we do the filter for all column? For example, I would like to search all items in the list which
contains "hello" in any column by using the URL?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
The query string in URL won’t be able to meet your requirement.
The OOTB
Search box for a list can be found above the list view, it can search items contains the keyword in the current list:
http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/154/t/171565.aspx
Or if you want to do more customization, work with
Search API programmatically would be required:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.server.search.query.keywordquery.aspx
http://www.dotnetmafia.com/blogs/dotnettipoftheday/archive/2013/01/03/how-to-use-the-sharepoint-2013-search-keywordquery-class.aspx
Here is a code demo in this thread can
search items in a particular document library with specific keyword
for your reference:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/41699f4b-f1a5-4449-b121-01fbb862436f/how-to-fetch-item-from-document-library-using-query-search-in-sharepoint-2010-?forum=sharepointdevelopmentprevious
Best regards,
Patrick
Patrick Liang
TechNet Community Support