Disclosed is a search system, method and apparatus. A click operation in a search frame is detected. In response to a click operation is detected, a control corresponding to the click operation is determined, the control comprising a text input control and an image input control that are preset in the search frame. The clicked control in the search frame according to the control corresponding to the click operation is enabled, and an unclicked control is concealed. Information for search through the enabled control is received, the information for search comprises a text for search or an image for search. The received information for search is sent to a server, so that the server carries out searching based on the information for search, to obtain an image search result.