About Results Folding

Results folding is a feature that initially shows a few result sub-items and allows you to show and hide all other sub-items. By grouping same subject items, results folding contributes to produce more effective search results.

The following table presents in which .NET search interfaces results folding is available.

.NET Search interface	Folded elements
My Email	Email and instant messaging conversations
SharePoint and Intranet	Blog posts and their comments Discussion board threads Document sets and their items
Jive	For Jive: Related messages starting with the original message Comments related to a document, a blog post, or a poll

Folded results appear below the main result to which they are associated. As shown in the following date sorted email example, a plus sign icon initially appears followed, if applicable, by a few folded results or attachment containing the searched terms.

Clicking expands all the associated documents and the icon becomes a minus sign.

Clicking collapses, or folds, the sub results back to their original state.

For conversation type results (emails, instant messaging, blog posts, and discussion boards), the main result is the most recent conversation item matching the query terms. The initial folded results are the next two most recent conversation items matching the query. When no other conversation items match the query, no folded results appear after the icon.