Search a list/library in SP using a Forms webpart

Here is an outline of the steps:

1.    Open   your site in SharePoint Designer.

2.    In the Data Source Library section (on the right), expand SharePointLists and select the List to be searched(it’s not mandatory we can use share point List  or documents)

3.    Click on the down arrow next to the List and choose Show Data

 As shown Below from list click on Show Data From the  Inserted Selected Fields, select Multiple Item View

4) Now, Insert a Form Web Part (Insert -> SharePoint Controls -> Form Web Part)

5) From Design view, click on Parameters link and  create a new parameter (defaults to Param1)

Fig3

 

6)Now choose on WebPart Connection From the actions drop down, choose “Get Parameters From” as shown in the efigure below and click Next.

 

 

 

7)  Choose Connect to Web Part on this Page and on the next screen choose the Form  Web Part  Match the T1 (or the variable you specified) to the  Param1 variable.

 

 

From the list properties window shown in  Fig3,  choose Filters and  add the Fields to match the requirement. This filter will act as the keyword search and you can select the fields and type of search you like.

 

9) Save it and checkin the page and try ithe list search feature from the browser.!   There are so many other options explore them.