users.html

UserPage.scala

  def listUsers(xhtml : NodeSeq) : NodeSeq = {
    var searchText = "";
    def searchUser() : NodeSeq = {
      val usersList = User.findByName(searchText);
      def showUserView(user : User): NodeSeq = {
        SetHtml("usersList", NodeSeq.Empty)
        <ul type="none">
          <li>
            {user.firstName}
          </li>
        </ul>
      }
      <div>{usersList.flatMap(user => showUserView(user))}</div>
    }

    bind("userPage", xhtml,
      "searchText" -%> SHtml.text(searchText,searchText = _ ,"maxlength" -> "15"),
      "submit" -%> SHtml.submit("Search", searchUser),
      "usersList" -%>  searchUser()
    );
  }

users.html

<lift:userPage.listUsers>
    <form class="lift:form.ajax">
       <userPage:searchText style="width:150px;padding-top:0px;margin-top:0px;"/>
       <userPage:submit type="submit" value="Search"/>
    </form>
    <userPage:usersList id="usersList"/>
</lift:userPage.listUsers>