# isSearching A Boolean value that indicates when the user is searching. ``` var isSearching: Bool { get } ``` ## Discussion You can read this value like any of the other [`EnvironmentValues`](/documentation/SwiftUI/EnvironmentValues), by creating a property with the [`Environment`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Environment) property wrapper: ``` @Environment(\.isSearching) private var isSearching ``` Get the value to find out when the user interacts with a search field that’s produced by one of the searchable modifiers, like [`searchable(text:placement:prompt:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/View/searchable(text:placement:prompt:)): ``` struct SearchingExample: View { @State private var searchText = "" var body: some View { NavigationStack { SearchedView() .searchable(text: $searchText) } } } struct SearchedView: View { @Environment(\.isSearching) private var isSearching var body: some View { Text(isSearching ? "Searching!" : "Not searching.") } } ``` When the user first taps or clicks in a search field, the `isSearching` property becomes `true`. When the user cancels the search operation, the property becomes `false`. To programmatically set the value to `false` and dismiss the search operation, use [`dismissSearch`](/documentation/SwiftUI/EnvironmentValues/dismissSearch). > Important: Access the value from inside the searched view, as the > example above demonstrates, rather than from the searched view’s > parent. SwiftUI sets the value in the environment of the view that > you apply the searchable modifier to, and doesn’t propagate the > value up the view hierarchy. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)