SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULTS WITHOUT NAVIGATING FROM A CURRENTLY DISPLAYED WINDOW

A system and method is disclosed for automatically receiving and displaying search results without navigating from a currently displayed webpage. A web browser stores is integrated with a search toolbar for receiving a search query and transmitting the query to a search engine. A search query may be transmitted and search results received and displayed without navigating from a currently displayed webpage. The toolbar causes to be displayed a search window above and at least partially overlapping the currently displayed webpage, the search window including the search results.