diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart b/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart
index db6637a5..0eed7fc7 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/controller.dart
@@ -299,6 +299,12 @@ class QuillController extends ChangeNotifier {
     notifyListeners();
   }
 
+  /// Search the whole document for any substring matching the pattern
+  /// Returns the offsets that matches the pattern
+  List<int> search(Pattern other) {
+    return document.search(other);
+  }
+
   @override
   void addListener(VoidCallback listener) {
     // By using `_isDisposed`, make sure that `addListener` won't be called on a
diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/toolbar/search_button.dart b/lib/src/widgets/toolbar/search_button.dart
index f0b079a2..79153fda 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/toolbar/search_button.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/toolbar/search_button.dart
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ class SearchButton extends StatelessWidget {
   Future<void> _onPressedHandler(BuildContext context) async {
     await showDialog<String>(
       context: context,
-      builder: (_) => _SearchDialog(dialogTheme: dialogTheme, text: ''),
+      builder: (_) => _SearchDialog(
+          controller: controller, dialogTheme: dialogTheme, text: ''),
     ).then(_searchSubmitted);
   }
 
@@ -56,9 +57,11 @@ class SearchButton extends StatelessWidget {
 }
 
 class _SearchDialog extends StatefulWidget {
-  const _SearchDialog({this.dialogTheme, this.text, Key? key})
+  const _SearchDialog(
+      {required this.controller, this.dialogTheme, this.text, Key? key})
       : super(key: key);
 
+  final QuillController controller;
   final QuillDialogTheme? dialogTheme;
   final String? text;
 
@@ -90,11 +93,15 @@ class _SearchDialogState extends State<_SearchDialog> {
             labelStyle: widget.dialogTheme?.labelTextStyle,
             floatingLabelStyle: widget.dialogTheme?.labelTextStyle),
         autofocus: true,
+        onChanged: _textChanged,
         controller: _controller,
       ),
       actions: [
         TextButton(
-          onPressed: () {},
+          onPressed: () {
+            final offsets = widget.controller.document.search(_text);
+            debugPrint(offsets.toString());
+          },
           child: Text(
             'Ok'.i18n,
             style: widget.dialogTheme?.labelTextStyle,
@@ -103,4 +110,10 @@ class _SearchDialogState extends State<_SearchDialog> {
       ],
     );
   }
+
+  void _textChanged(String value) {
+    setState(() {
+      _text = value;
+    });
+  }
 }