Abstract: A system includes a user interface having a text input box configured to receive input from a user, the input including text and/or an action indicator, and a response area for displaying results and/or action selection buttons in response to the input from the text input box. The system includes an application engine that receives the input from the text input box as a user types each character into the text input box, performs a search and present results to the search in the response area, in response to receiving additional text input from the text input box, performs the search and presents updated results to the search in the response area, and in response to receiving text and an action indicator from the text input box, causes an action corresponding to the action indicator to be performed and causes a change to the user interface corresponding to the action.