---
title: Search list selector
description: How to address dot-walked child fields that don't display following a search action. List selector search filters both list panes. Dot-walked reference may not appear when searching.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/application-development/ui-builder/search-list-selector.html
release: australia
product: UI Builder
classification: ui-builder
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-07-17"
reading_time_minutes: 1
keywords: [list selector, search]
breadcrumb: [Learn components by example, Customize UI Builder pages using components, Working in UI Builder, UI Builder, Builder library, Developing your application, Building applications]
---

# Search list selector

How to address dot-walked child fields that don't display following a search action. List selector search filters both list panes. Dot-walked reference may not appear when searching.

## Before you begin

Role required: workspace\_user

## About this task

**Note:** The list selector search simultaneously filters both the field categories and the available fields in the middle pane. If a search term doesn't match the dot-walked child field names, they're filtered out of view even if you expand the parent reference field.

## Procedure

1.  After running a search, select the reference field to expand it and reveal its dot-walked child fields.

2.  In the field picker, clear the search text.

    Any hidden child fields now display.

3.  Select the ones you want.


**Parent Topic:**[Learn components by example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/ui-builder/learning-components-by-example.md)