diff --git a/src/apps/Events/Events.js b/src/apps/Events/Events.js
index a36d117..ce3c2b2 100644
--- a/src/apps/Events/Events.js
+++ b/src/apps/Events/Events.js
@@ -31,19 +31,36 @@ css(`
 `)
 
 class Events extends Shadow {
+    static searchableKeys = ['title', 'description', 'location'];
+    
     constructor() {
         super()
         this.events = global.currentNetwork.data.events;
+        this.searchedEvents = [];
+        this.searchText = "";
     }
 
     render() {
         VStack(() => {
 
-            SearchBar()
+            SearchBar(this.searchText)
 
             VStack(() => {
                 if (!this.events || this.events == []) {
                     LoadingCircle()
+                } else if (this.searchText) {
+                    if (this.searchedEvents.length > 0) {
+                        for (let i = 0; i < this.searchedEvents.length; i++) {
+                            EventCard(this.searchedEvents[i])
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        h2("Could not find any events with your search criteria.")
+                        .color("var(--divider)")
+                        .fontWeight("bold")
+                        .marginTop(7.5, em)
+                        .marginBottom(0.5, em)
+                        .textAlign("center")
+                    }
                 } else if (this.events.length > 0) {
                     for (let i = 0; i < this.events.length; i++) {
                         EventCard(this.events[i])
@@ -63,6 +80,22 @@ class Events extends Shadow {
         .boxSizing("border-box")
         .height(100, pct)
         .width(100, pct)
+        .onEvent("eventsearch", this.onEventSearch)
+    }
+
+    onEventSearch = (e) => {
+        let searchText = e.detail.searchText.toLowerCase().trim();
+        if (!searchText) {
+            this.searchedEvents = [];
+        } else {
+            this.searchedEvents = this.events.filter(event =>
+                Events.searchableKeys.some(key =>
+                    String(event[key]).toLowerCase().includes(searchText)
+                )
+            );
+        }
+        this.searchText = searchText
+        this.rerender()
     }
 
     async getEvents(networkId) {
diff --git a/src/apps/Jobs/Jobs.js b/src/apps/Jobs/Jobs.js
index c77d9d1..bcb8ca1 100644
--- a/src/apps/Jobs/Jobs.js
+++ b/src/apps/Jobs/Jobs.js
@@ -32,9 +32,13 @@ css(`
 `)
 
 class Jobs extends Shadow {
+    static searchableKeys = ['title', 'description', 'location', 'company', 'salary_period', 'salary_number'];
+
     constructor() {
         super()
         this.jobs = global.currentNetwork.data.jobs;
+        this.searchedJobs = [];
+        this.searchText = ""; // for mainting searchText after re-render
     }
 
     render() {
@@ -42,11 +46,24 @@ class Jobs extends Shadow {
 
             // JobForm()
 
-            SearchBar()
+            SearchBar(this.searchText)
 
             VStack(() => {
                 if (!this.jobs || this.jobs == []) {
                     LoadingCircle()
+                } else if (this.searchText) {
+                    if (this.searchedJobs.length > 0) {
+                        for (let i = 0; i < this.searchedJobs.length; i++) {
+                            JobCard(this.searchedJobs[i])
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        h2("Could not find any jobs with your search criteria.")
+                        .color("var(--divider)")
+                        .fontWeight("bold")
+                        .marginTop(7.5, em)
+                        .marginBottom(0.5, em)
+                        .textAlign("center")
+                    }
                 } else if (this.jobs.length > 0) {
                     for (let i = 0; i < this.jobs.length; i++) {
                         JobCard(this.jobs[i])
@@ -66,6 +83,26 @@ class Jobs extends Shadow {
         .boxSizing("border-box")
         .height(100, pct)
         .width(100, pct)
+        .onEvent("jobsearch", this.onJobSearch)
+    }
+
+    onJobSearch = (e) => {
+        let searchText = e.detail.searchText.toLowerCase().trim();
+        if (!searchText) {
+            this.searchedJobs = [];
+        } else {
+            this.searchedJobs = this.jobs.filter(job =>
+                Jobs.searchableKeys.some(key => {
+                    if (key === "salary_number" || key === "salary_period") {
+                        return String(job["salary_number"]).toLowerCase().includes(searchText.replace(/\/.*$/, '').replace(/[,$]/g, '')) && String(job["salary_period"]).toLowerCase().includes(searchText.replace(/^[^/]*\/?/, ''));
+                    } else {
+                        return String(job[key]).toLowerCase().includes(searchText);
+                    }
+                })
+            );
+        }
+        this.searchText = searchText
+        this.rerender()
     }
 
     async getJobs(networkId) {
diff --git a/src/components/AppWindow.js b/src/components/AppWindow.js
index e43cbfe..3117196 100644
--- a/src/components/AppWindow.js
+++ b/src/components/AppWindow.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class AppWindow extends Shadow {
                         break;
                 }
         })
+        .overflowY("scroll")
         .onNavigate(() => {
             this.rerender()
         })
diff --git a/src/components/SearchBar.js b/src/components/SearchBar.js
index e25595a..9804124 100644
--- a/src/components/SearchBar.js
+++ b/src/components/SearchBar.js
@@ -5,47 +5,79 @@ css(`
 `)
 
 class SearchBar extends Shadow {
-  render() {
-    HStack(() => {
-      input("Search", "80%")
-        .attr({
-          "type": "text"
-        })
-        .paddingVertical(0.75, em)
-        .boxSizing("border-box")
-        .paddingHorizontal(1, em)
-        .background("var(--searchbackground)")
-        .color("gray")
-        .marginBottom(1, em)
-        .border("1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 60%, transparent)")
-        .borderRadius(100, px)
-        .fontFamily("Arial")
-        .fontSize(1, em)
-        .outline("none")
-        .cursor("not-allowed")
-        .onTouch(function (start) {
-            if(start) {
-                this.style.backgroundColor = "var(--accent)"
-            } else {
-                this.style.backgroundColor = "var(--searchbackground)"
-            }
-        })
+  constructor(searchText) {
+    super()
+    this.searchText = searchText
+  }
 
-      p("+")
-        .fontWeight("bolder")
-        .paddingVertical(0.75, em)
-        .boxSizing("border-box")
-        .paddingHorizontal(1, em)
-        .background("var(--searchbackground)")
-        .color("var(--accent)")
-        .marginBottom(1, em)
-        .border("1px solid var(--accent)")
-        .borderRadius(15, px)
-    })
+
+  render() {
+    form(() => {
+      HStack(() => {
+        input("Search", "80%")
+          .attr({ name: "searchText", type: "text" })
+          .attr({ value: this.searchText ? this.searchText : "" })
+          .paddingVertical(0.75, em)
+          .boxSizing("border-box")
+          .paddingHorizontal(1, em)
+          .background("var(--searchbackground)")
+          .color("gray")
+          .marginBottom(1, em)
+          .border("1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 60%, transparent)")
+          .borderRadius(100, px)
+          .fontFamily("Arial")
+          .fontSize(1, em)
+          .outline("none")
+          .cursor("not-allowed")
+          .onTouch(function (start) {
+            if (start) {
+              this.style.backgroundColor = "var(--accent)"
+            } else {
+              this.style.backgroundColor = "var(--searchbackground)"
+            }
+          })
+          // .onInput(async (e) => {
+          //   e.preventDefault();
+          //   console.log("helloooo submitted")
+          // }) // can be used for live updating
+
+        p("+")
+          .fontWeight("bolder")
+          .paddingVertical(0.75, em)
+          .boxSizing("border-box")
+          .paddingHorizontal(1, em)
+          .background("var(--searchbackground)")
+          .color("var(--accent)")
+          .marginBottom(1, em)
+          .border("1px solid var(--accent)")
+          .borderRadius(15, px)
+      })
       .width(100, pct)
       .horizontalAlign("center")
       .verticalAlign("center")
       .gap(0.5, em)
+    })
+    .onSubmit(async (e) => {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      const data = new FormData(e.target);
+      this.dispatchSearchEvent(data.get("searchText"))
+    })
+  }
+
+  dispatchSearchEvent(searchText) {
+    const app = global.currentApp();
+    switch (app) {
+      case "Jobs":
+        window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('jobsearch', {
+          detail: { searchText: searchText }
+        }));
+        break;
+      case "Events":
+        window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('eventsearch', {
+          detail: { searchText: searchText }
+        }));
+        break;
+    }
   }
 }