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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""novelWriter GUI Main Window SearchBar
+
+ novelWriter – GUI Main Window SearchBar
+=========================================
+ Class holding the main window search bar
+
+ File History:
+ Created: 2019-09-29 [0.2.1]
+
+"""
+
+import logging
+import nw
+
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QFrame
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class GuiSearchBar(QFrame):
+
+    def __init__(self, theParent):
+
+        logger.debug("Initialising GuiSearchBar ...")
+
+        self.mainConf   = nw.CONFIG
+        self.theParent  = theParent
+        self.refTime    = None
+
+        logger.debug("GuiSearchBar initialisation complete")
+
+        return
+
+# END Class GuiSearchBar