diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index a261c34d..11b8b444 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
 #include <QtEndian>
 
+#include <QStackedWidget>
+
 /**
  * From QDlt.
  * Must be a "C" include to interpret the imports correctly
@@ -516,6 +518,9 @@ void MainWindow::initView()
     connect(searchTextbox, SIGNAL(returnPressed()), this, SLOT(on_actionFindNext()));
     connect(searchTextbox, SIGNAL(returnPressed()),searchDlg,SLOT(findNextClicked()));
     connect(searchDlg, SIGNAL(searchProgressChanged(bool)), this, SLOT(onSearchProgressChanged(bool)));
+    connect(searchDlg, &SearchDialog::searchProgressValueChanged, this, [this](int progress){
+        searchProgressBar->setValue(progress);
+    });
     connect(settingsDlg, SIGNAL(FilterPathChanged()), this, SLOT(on_actionDefault_Filter_Reload_triggered()));
     connect(settingsDlg, SIGNAL(PluginsAutoloadChanged()), this, SLOT(triggerPluginsAutoload()));
 
@@ -581,8 +586,29 @@ void MainWindow::initSignalConnections()
     connect(searchDlg,SIGNAL(addActionHistory()),this,SLOT(onAddActionToHistory()));
 
     /* Insert search text box to search toolbar, before previous button */
+    searchProgressBar = new QProgressBar();
+    searchProgressBar->setRange(0, 100);
+
+
+    QWidget* widget = new QWidget();
+    QPushButton *button1 = new QPushButton("Abort");
+    connect (button1, &QPushButton::clicked, this, [this]{
+        searchDlg->cancelSearch();
+    });
+
+    QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout();
+    layout->addWidget(searchProgressBar);
+    layout->addWidget(button1);
+
+    widget->setLayout(layout);
+
+    stackedWidget = new QStackedWidget();
+
+    stackedWidget->addWidget(searchComboBox);
+    stackedWidget->addWidget(widget);
+
     QAction *before = m_searchActions.at(ToolbarPosition::FindPrevious);
-    ui->searchToolbar->insertWidget(before, searchComboBox);
+    ui->searchToolbar->insertWidget(before, stackedWidget);
 
     /* adding shortcuts - regard: in the search window, the signal is caught by another way, this here only catches the keys when main window is active */
     m_shortcut_searchnext = new QShortcut(QKeySequence("F3"), this);
@@ -8402,7 +8428,15 @@ void MainWindow::onSearchProgressChanged(bool isInProgress)
     isSearchOngoing = isInProgress;
     ui->menuBar->setEnabled(!isInProgress);
     ui->mainToolBar->setEnabled(!isInProgress);
-    ui->searchToolbar->setEnabled(!isInProgress);
+    if(!isInProgress)
+        searchProgressBar->setValue(0);
+
+    ui->actionFindNext->setEnabled(!isInProgress);
+    ui->actionFindPrevious->setEnabled(!isInProgress);
+    ui->actionFind->setEnabled(!isInProgress);
+    ui->actionRegExp->setEnabled(!isInProgress);
+    stackedWidget->setCurrentIndex(isInProgress ? 1 : 0);
+
     ui->dockWidgetProject->setEnabled(!isInProgress);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.h b/src/mainwindow.h
index aaf969a0..acfaaad6 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.h
+++ b/src/mainwindow.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <QProgressBar>
 #include <QCompleter>
 #include <QStringListModel>
+#include <QStackedWidget>
 
 #include "tablemodel.h"
 #include "settingsdialog.h"
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
     QLabel *statusSyncFoundReceived;
     QProgressBar *statusProgressBar;
 
+    QStackedWidget* stackedWidget;
+
     unsigned long totalBytesRcvd;
     unsigned long totalByteErrorsRcvd;
     unsigned long totalSyncFoundRcvd;
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
     SearchDialog *searchDlg;
     QShortcut *m_shortcut_searchnext;
     QShortcut *m_shortcut_searchprev;
+    QProgressBar* searchProgressBar;
 
     /* Export */
     ExporterDialog exporterDialog;
diff --git a/src/searchdialog.cpp b/src/searchdialog.cpp
index 3e0d3386..ad19f055 100644
--- a/src/searchdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/searchdialog.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ void SearchDialog::appendLineEdit(QLineEdit *lineEdit){ lineEdits->append(lineEd
 
 QString SearchDialog::getText() { return ui->lineEditText->text(); }
 
+void SearchDialog::cancelSearch()
+{
+    isSearchCancelled = true;
+}
+
 bool SearchDialog::getHeader()
 {
     return (ui->checkBoxHeader->checkState() == Qt::Checked);
@@ -203,6 +208,8 @@ void SearchDialog::focusRow(long int searchLine)
 
 int SearchDialog::find()
 {
+    isSearchCancelled = false;
+
     emit addActionHistory();
     QRegularExpression searchTextRegExpression;
     is_TimeStampSearchSelected = false;
@@ -410,11 +417,6 @@ void SearchDialog::findMessages(long int searchLine, long int searchBorder, QReg
 
     m_searchtablemodel->clear_SearchResults();
 
-    QProgressDialog fileprogress("Searching...", "Abort", 0, file->sizeFilter(), this);
-    fileprogress.setWindowTitle("DLT Viewer");
-    fileprogress.setWindowModality(Qt::NonModal);
-    fileprogress.show();
-
     bool msgIdEnabled=QDltSettingsManager::getInstance()->value("startup/showMsgId", true).toBool();
     QString msgIdFormat=QDltSettingsManager::getInstance()->value("startup/msgIdFormat", "0x%x").toString();
 
@@ -441,15 +443,14 @@ void SearchDialog::findMessages(long int searchLine, long int searchBorder, QReg
             }
         }
 
-        /* Update progress every 0.5% */
-        if(searchLine%1000==0)
+        // Update progress every 0.5%
+        if(searchLine%1000 == 0)
         {
-            fileprogress.setValue(ctr);
-            if(fileprogress.wasCanceled())
-            {
+            QApplication::processEvents();
+            if (isSearchCancelled) {
                 break;
             }
-            QApplication::processEvents();
+            emit searchProgressValueChanged(static_cast<int>(ctr * 100.0 / file->sizeFilter()));
         }
 
         /* get the message with the selected item id */
diff --git a/src/searchdialog.h b/src/searchdialog.h
index 3891a278..1db63e8f 100644
--- a/src/searchdialog.h
+++ b/src/searchdialog.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class SearchDialog : public QDialog
     void clearCacheHistory();
     QString getText();
 
+    void cancelSearch();
+
     void registerSearchTableModel(SearchTableModel *model);
     /**
      * @brief foundLine
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ class SearchDialog : public QDialog
     Ui::SearchDialog *ui;
     SearchTableModel *m_searchtablemodel;
 
+    bool isSearchCancelled{false};
+
     long int startLine;
     long searchseconds;
     bool nextClicked;
@@ -171,6 +175,7 @@ public slots:
     void refreshedSearchIndex();
     void addActionHistory();
     void searchProgressChanged(bool isInProgress);
+    void searchProgressValueChanged(int progress);
 };
 
 #endif // SEARCHDIALOG_H