diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/Engine.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/Engine.java
index ff2ebee1b..88c3bc9f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/Engine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/Engine.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import com.metaweb.gridlock.Jsonizable;
 import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.facets.Facet;
 import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.facets.ListFacet;
 import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.facets.RangeFacet;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.facets.TextSearchFacet;
 import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.filters.RowFilter;
 import com.metaweb.gridlock.model.Project;
 
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ public class Engine implements Jsonizable {
 				facet = new ListFacet();
 			} else if ("range".equals(type)) {
 				facet = new RangeFacet();
+			} else if ("text".equals(type)) {
+				facet = new TextSearchFacet();
 			}
 			
 			if (facet != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/facets/RangeFacet.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/facets/RangeFacet.java
index 851871b83..5fea5e4d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/facets/RangeFacet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/facets/RangeFacet.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.json.JSONWriter;
 
 import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.FilteredRows;
-import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.filters.ExpressionComparisonRowFilter;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.filters.ExpressionNumberComparisonRowFilter;
 import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.filters.RowFilter;
 import com.metaweb.gridlock.expr.Evaluable;
 import com.metaweb.gridlock.expr.Parser;
@@ -69,19 +69,19 @@ public class RangeFacet implements Facet {
 	@Override
 	public RowFilter getRowFilter() {
 		if ("min".equals(_mode)) {
-			return new ExpressionComparisonRowFilter(_eval, _cellIndex) {
+			return new ExpressionNumberComparisonRowFilter(_eval, _cellIndex) {
 				protected boolean checkValue(double d) {
 					return d >= _min;
 				};
 			};
 		} else if ("max".equals(_mode)) {
-			return new ExpressionComparisonRowFilter(_eval, _cellIndex) {
+			return new ExpressionNumberComparisonRowFilter(_eval, _cellIndex) {
 				protected boolean checkValue(double d) {
 					return d <= _max;
 				};
 			};
 		} else {
-			return new ExpressionComparisonRowFilter(_eval, _cellIndex) {
+			return new ExpressionNumberComparisonRowFilter(_eval, _cellIndex) {
 				protected boolean checkValue(double d) {
 					return d >= _min && d <= _max;
 				};
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/facets/TextSearchFacet.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/facets/TextSearchFacet.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d1994cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/facets/TextSearchFacet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.facets;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.json.JSONWriter;
+
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.FilteredRows;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.filters.ExpressionNumberComparisonRowFilter;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.filters.ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.filters.RowFilter;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.expr.Evaluable;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.expr.Parser;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.expr.VariableExpr;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.model.Project;
+
+public class TextSearchFacet implements Facet {
+	protected String 	_name;
+	protected int		_cellIndex;
+	protected String 	_query;
+	
+	protected String	_mode;
+	protected boolean	_caseSensitive;
+	
+	public TextSearchFacet() {
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void write(JSONWriter writer, Properties options)
+			throws JSONException {
+		
+		writer.object();
+		writer.key("name"); writer.value(_name);
+		writer.key("cellIndex"); writer.value(_cellIndex);
+		writer.key("query"); writer.value(_query);
+		writer.key("mode"); writer.value(_mode);
+		writer.key("caseSensitive"); writer.value(_caseSensitive);
+		writer.endObject();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void initializeFromJSON(JSONObject o) throws Exception {
+		_name = o.getString("name");
+		_cellIndex = o.getInt("cellIndex");
+		_query = o.getString("query");
+		_mode = o.getString("mode");
+		_caseSensitive = o.getBoolean("caseSensitive");
+		if (!_caseSensitive) {
+			_query = _query.toLowerCase();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public RowFilter getRowFilter() {
+		Evaluable eval = new VariableExpr("value");
+		
+		if ("regex".equals(_mode)) {
+			return new ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter(eval, _cellIndex) {
+				protected boolean checkValue(String s) {
+					return s.matches(_query);
+				};
+			};
+		} else {
+			return new ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter(eval, _cellIndex) {
+				protected boolean checkValue(String s) {
+					return s.toLowerCase().contains(_query);
+				};
+			};
+		}		
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void computeChoices(Project project, FilteredRows filteredRows) {
+		// nothing to do
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/filters/ExpressionComparisonRowFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/filters/ExpressionNumberComparisonRowFilter.java
similarity index 84%
rename from src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/filters/ExpressionComparisonRowFilter.java
rename to src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/filters/ExpressionNumberComparisonRowFilter.java
index 93744c0b0..7cc52a719 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/filters/ExpressionComparisonRowFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/filters/ExpressionNumberComparisonRowFilter.java
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import com.metaweb.gridlock.model.Cell;
 import com.metaweb.gridlock.model.Project;
 import com.metaweb.gridlock.model.Row;
 
-abstract public class ExpressionComparisonRowFilter implements RowFilter {
+abstract public class ExpressionNumberComparisonRowFilter implements RowFilter {
 	final protected Evaluable		_evaluable;
 	final protected int 			_cellIndex;
 	
-	public ExpressionComparisonRowFilter(Evaluable evaluable, int cellIndex) {
+	public ExpressionNumberComparisonRowFilter(Evaluable evaluable, int cellIndex) {
 		_evaluable = evaluable;
 		_cellIndex = cellIndex;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/filters/ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/filters/ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0038dba57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridlock/browsing/filters/ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.metaweb.gridlock.browsing.filters;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.expr.Evaluable;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.model.Cell;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.model.Project;
+import com.metaweb.gridlock.model.Row;
+
+abstract public class ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter implements RowFilter {
+	final protected Evaluable		_evaluable;
+	final protected int 			_cellIndex;
+	
+	public ExpressionStringComparisonRowFilter(Evaluable evaluable, int cellIndex) {
+		_evaluable = evaluable;
+		_cellIndex = cellIndex;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean filterRow(Project project, int rowIndex, Row row) {
+		if (_cellIndex < row.cells.size()) {
+			Cell cell = row.cells.get(_cellIndex);
+			if (cell != null) {
+				Properties bindings = new Properties();
+				
+				bindings.put("cell", cell);
+				bindings.put("value", cell.value);
+				
+				Object value = _evaluable.evaluate(bindings);
+				if (value != null) {
+					if (value.getClass().isArray()) {
+						Object[] a = (Object[]) value;
+						for (Object v : a) {
+							if (checkValue(v instanceof String ? ((String) v) : v.toString())) {
+								return true;
+							}
+						}
+					} else {
+						if (checkValue(value instanceof String ? ((String) value) : value.toString())) {
+							return true;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	abstract protected boolean checkValue(String s);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/project.html b/src/main/webapp/project.html
index b5d3437b5..b6e401997 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/project.html
+++ b/src/main/webapp/project.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<html>
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
    
    <title>Gridlock</title>
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://freebaselibs.com/static/suggest/1.0.3/suggest.min.css" />
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="externals/jquery-ui/css/ui-lightness/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.css" />
    
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/common.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/project.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/history.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/browsing.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/process.css" />
    
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://freebaselibs.com/static/suggest/1.0.3/suggest.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="externals/jquery-ui/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js"></script>
    
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/misc.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/url.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/string.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/ajax.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/menu.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/dialog.js"></script>
    
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/list-facet.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/range-facet.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/browsing-engine.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/data-table-view.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/history-widget.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/process-widget.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/recon-dialog.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="header">
        <h1 id="title">Gridlock</h1>
    </div>
    
    <div id="body">
        Loading ...
    </div>
</body>
</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+<html>
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
    
    <title>Gridlock</title>
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://freebaselibs.com/static/suggest/1.0.3/suggest.min.css" />
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="externals/jquery-ui/css/ui-lightness/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.css" />
    
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/common.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/project.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/history.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/browsing.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles/process.css" />
    
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://freebaselibs.com/static/suggest/1.0.3/suggest.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="externals/jquery-ui/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js"></script>
    
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/misc.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/url.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/string.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/ajax.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/menu.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/util/dialog.js"></script>
    
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/list-facet.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/range-facet.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/text-search-facet.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/browsing-engine.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/data-table-view.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/history-widget.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/process-widget.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/project/recon-dialog.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="header">
        <h1 id="title">Gridlock</h1>
    </div>
    
    <div id="body">
        Loading ...
    </div>
</body>
</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js
index 599919e2f..f3f82c5cb 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ BrowsingEngine.prototype.addFacet = function(type, config, options) {
         case "range":
             facet = new RangeFacet(div, config, options);
             break;
+        case "text":
+            facet = new TextSearchFacet(div, config, options);
+            break;
         default:
             facet = new ListFacet(div, config, options);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/data-table-view.js b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/data-table-view.js
index 10a98ff38..9c20e7047 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/data-table-view.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/data-table-view.js
@@ -234,12 +234,37 @@ DataTableView.prototype._createMenuForColumnHeader = function(column, index, elm
                         );
                     }
                 },
+                {},
                 {
                     label: "By Simple Text Search",
-                    click: function() {}
+                    click: function() {
+                        ui.browsingEngine.addFacet(
+                            "text", 
+                            {
+                                "name" : column.headerLabel,
+                                "cellIndex" : column.cellIndex, 
+                                "mode" : "text",
+                                "caseSensitive" : false
+                            }
+                        );
+                    }
                 },
                 {
-                    label: "By Custom Expression",
+                    label: "By Regular Expression",
+                    click: function() {
+                        ui.browsingEngine.addFacet(
+                            "text", 
+                            {
+                                "name" : column.headerLabel,
+                                "cellIndex" : column.cellIndex, 
+                                "mode" : "regex",
+                                "caseSensitive" : true
+                            }
+                        );
+                    }
+                },
+                {
+                    label: "By Custom Expression ...",
                     click: function() {
                         var expression = window.prompt("Enter expression", 'value');
                         if (expression != null) {
@@ -247,6 +272,7 @@ DataTableView.prototype._createMenuForColumnHeader = function(column, index, elm
                         }                    
                     }
                 },
+                {},
                 {
                     label: "By Reconciliation Features",
                     submenu: [
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/text-search-facet.js b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/text-search-facet.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21d5d9abe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/text-search-facet.js
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+function TextSearchFacet(div, config, options) {
+    this._div = div;
+    this._config = config;
+    this._options = options;
+    
+    this._setDefaults();
+    this._timerID = null;
+    
+    this._initializeUI();
+}
+
+TextSearchFacet.prototype._setDefaults = function() {
+    this._query = null;
+};
+
+TextSearchFacet.prototype.getJSON = function() {
+    var o = cloneDeep(this._config);
+    o.type = "text";
+    o.query = this._query;
+    return o;
+};
+
+TextSearchFacet.prototype.hasSelection = function() {
+    return this._query != null;
+};
+
+TextSearchFacet.prototype._initializeUI = function() {
+    var self = this;
+    var container = this._div.empty();
+    
+    var headerDiv = $('<div></div>').addClass("facet-title").appendTo(container);
+    $('<span></span>').text(this._config.name).appendTo(headerDiv);
+    
+    var removeButton = $('<a href="javascript:{}"></a>').addClass("facet-choice-link").text("remove").click(function() {
+        self._remove();
+    }).prependTo(headerDiv);
+    
+    var bodyDiv = $('<div></div>').addClass("facet-text-body").appendTo(container);
+    
+    var input = $('<input />').appendTo(bodyDiv);
+    input.keypress(function(evt) {
+        self._query = this.value;
+        self._scheduleUpdate();
+    });
+    input[0].focus();
+};
+
+TextSearchFacet.prototype.updateState = function(data) {
+};
+
+TextSearchFacet.prototype.render = function() {
+    this._setRangeIndicators();
+};
+
+TextSearchFacet.prototype._reset = function() {
+    this._setDefaults();
+    this._updateRest();
+};
+
+TextSearchFacet.prototype._remove = function() {
+    ui.browsingEngine.removeFacet(this);
+    
+    this._div = null;
+    this._config = null;
+    this._options = null;
+};
+
+TextSearchFacet.prototype._scheduleUpdate = function() {
+    if (this._timerID == null) {
+        var self = this;
+        this._timerID = window.setTimeout(function() {
+            self._timerID = null;
+            self._updateRest();
+        }, 500);
+    }
+};
+
+TextSearchFacet.prototype._updateRest = function() {
+    ui.browsingEngine.update();
+    ui.dataTableView.update(true);
+};
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/styles/browsing.css b/src/main/webapp/styles/browsing.css
index 198a8ecef..372dfd971 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/styles/browsing.css
+++ b/src/main/webapp/styles/browsing.css
@@ -77,3 +77,12 @@ a.facet-choice-link:hover {
     margin: 5px 0px;
     text-align: center;
 }
+
+.facet-text-body {
+    border: 1px solid #ccc;
+    padding: 5px;
+}
+
+.facet-text-body input {
+    width: 98%;
+}