Highlighting items for search results

A method for highlighting items corresponding to search results, comprising:

• receiving a first user input representing at least a portion of a search term;
• displaying a plurality of items in a user interface display;
• highlighting at least a subset of the plurality of items, wherein each highlighted item represents at least one item having metadata that at least partly matches the first user input;
• receiving a second user input representing an additional portion of the search term;
• and
• incrementally changing the displaying and highlighting of the plurality of items in response to the second user input, wherein each highlighted item represents at least one item having metadata that at least partially matches the first user input and the second input representing the additional portion of the search term.

A method for highlighting items corresponding to search results, comprising:

• receiving a user input representing at least one keystroke, the user input representing an initial portion of a search term;
• generating, in response to receiving the user input, a first set of search results that include metadata that at least partially matches the initial portion of the search term;
• highlighting graphical representations of at least a portion of the first set of search results;
• receiving an additional user input comprising at least one keystroke, the user input representing an additional portion of the search term;
• updating, in response to receiving the user input, the first set of search results to generate a second set of search results, each search result in the second set of search results include metadata that at least partially matches the initial portion and additional user input;
• and
• updating the highlighting to include highlighting only graphical representations of at least a portion of the second set of search results.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed on a device, cause the device to:

• receive a first user input representing at least a portion of a search term;
• displaying a plurality of items in a user interface display;
• highlight at least a subset of the plurality of items, wherein each highlighted item represents at least one item having metadata that at least partly matches the first user input;
• receive a second user input representing an additional portion of the search term;
• and
• incrementally change the display of items in response to the second user input to highlight at least one item having metadata that at least partially matches the first user input and the second input representing the additional portion of the search term.

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes:
• receiving a user input representing at least one keystroke, the user input representing an initial portion of a search term;
• generating, in response to receiving the user input, a first set of search results that include metadata that at least partially matches the initial portion of the search term;
• highlighting graphical representations of at least a portion of the first set of search results;
• receiving an additional user input comprising at least one keystroke, the user input representing an additional portion of the search term;
• updating, in response to receiving the user input, the first set of search results to generate a second set of search results, each search result in the second set of search results include metadata that at least partially matches the initial portion and additional user input;
• and
• updating the highlighting to include highlighting only graphical representations of at least a portion of the second set of search results.