diff --git a/Controller/SearchController.php b/Controller/SearchController.php
index 1ae8dc158..0d17c8425 100644
--- a/Controller/SearchController.php
+++ b/Controller/SearchController.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Search\UnknowSearchDomainException;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Search\UnknowSearchNameException;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Search\ParsingException;
+use Chill\MainBundle\Search\SearchInterface;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -55,11 +56,29 @@ class SearchController extends Controller
         
         try {
             if ($name === NULL) {
+                // no specific search selected. Rendering result in "preview" mode
                 $results = $this->get('chill.main.search_provider')
-                  ->getSearchResults($request->query->get('q'));
+                  ->getSearchResults(
+                        $pattern, 
+                        0, 
+                        5, 
+                        array(SearchInterface::SEARCH_PREVIEW => true)
+                        );
             } else {
+                // we want search on a specific search provider. Display full results.
+                
+                // create a paginator to get the startPage and stopPage
+                /* @var $paginatorFactory \Chill\MainBundle\Pagination\PaginatorFactory */
+                $paginatorFactory = $this->get('chill_main.paginator_factory');
+                
                 $results = [$this->get('chill.main.search_provider')
-                      ->getResultByName($pattern, $name)];
+                      ->getResultByName(
+                            $pattern, 
+                            $name, 
+                            $paginatorFactory->getCurrentPageFirstItemNumber(), 
+                            $paginatorFactory->getCurrentItemPerPage(),
+                            array(SearchInterface::SEARCH_PREVIEW => false)
+                            )];
             }
         } catch (UnknowSearchDomainException $ex) {
             return $this->render('ChillMainBundle:Search:error.html.twig', 
diff --git a/Resources/translations/messages.fr.yml b/Resources/translations/messages.fr.yml
index 327c20d5c..4c2eabe0e 100644
--- a/Resources/translations/messages.fr.yml
+++ b/Resources/translations/messages.fr.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Invalid terms : Recherche invalide
 You should not have more than one domain. : Vous ne devriez pas avoir plus d'un domaine de recherche.
 #used for page title
 Search %pattern%: Recherche de "%pattern%"
+Results %start%-%end% of %total%: Résultats %start%-%end% sur %total%
+See all results: Voir tous les résultats
 
 #admin
 Create: Créer
diff --git a/Search/SearchInterface.php b/Search/SearchInterface.php
index 53182f7fe..1933b30ea 100644
--- a/Search/SearchInterface.php
+++ b/Search/SearchInterface.php
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ namespace Chill\MainBundle\Search;
  */
 interface SearchInterface
 {
+
+    const SEARCH_PREVIEW_OPTION = '_search_preview';
+
    /** 
     * return the result in a html string. The string will be inclued (as raw)
     * into a global view.
@@ -39,6 +42,16 @@ interface SearchInterface
     * {% for result as resultsFromDifferentSearchInterface %}
     *    {{ result|raw }}
     * {% endfor %}
+    * 
+    * **available options** :
+    * - SEARCH_PREVIEW_OPTION (boolean) : if renderResult should return a "preview" of 
+    * the results. In this case, a subset of results should be returned, and,
+    * if the query return more results, a button "see all results" should be
+    * displayed at the end of the list.
+    * 
+    * **Interaction between `start` and `limit` and pagination : you should 
+    * take only the given parameters into account; the results from pagination 
+    * should be ignored. (Most of the time, it should be the same). 
     *
     * @param array  $terms   the string to search
     * @param int    $start   the first result (for pagination)
diff --git a/Search/SearchProvider.php b/Search/SearchProvider.php
index c974b6e98..57241f8d2 100644
--- a/Search/SearchProvider.php
+++ b/Search/SearchProvider.php
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ use Chill\MainBundle\Search\SearchInterface;
  * installed into the app.
  * the service is callable from the container with
  * $container->get('chill.main.search_provider')
+ * 
+ * the syntax for search string is : 
+ * - domain, which begin with `@`. Example: `@person`. Restrict the search to some 
+ * entities. It may exists multiple search provider for the same domain (example: 
+ * a search provider for people which performs regular search, and suggestion search
+ * with phonetical algorithms
+ * - terms, which are the terms of the search. There are terms with argument (example :
+ * `birthdate:2016-04-01` and the default term, which is the search without argument
+ * and without domain.
+ *
  */
 class SearchProvider
 {
@@ -18,7 +28,7 @@ class SearchProvider
      * @var SearchInterface[]
      */
     private $searchServices = array();
-
+    
     /*
      * return search services in an array, ordered by
      * the order key (defined in service definition)
@@ -63,6 +73,15 @@ class SearchProvider
         return $terms;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Extract the domain of the subject
+     * 
+     * The domain begins with `@`. Example: `@person`, `@report`, ....
+     * 
+     * @param type $subject
+     * @return string
+     * @throws ParsingException
+     */
     private function extractDomain(&$subject)
     {
         preg_match_all('/@([a-z]+)/', $subject, $terms);
@@ -123,10 +142,12 @@ class SearchProvider
      * @param string $pattern
      * @param number $start
      * @param number $limit
+     * @param array $options
      * @return array of html results
      * @throws UnknowSearchDomainException if the domain is unknow
      */
-    public function getSearchResults($pattern, $start = 0, $limit = 50)
+    public function getSearchResults($pattern, $start = 0, $limit = 50, 
+          array $options = array())
     {
         $terms = $this->parse($pattern);
         $results = array();
@@ -140,7 +161,7 @@ class SearchProvider
         if ($terms['_domain'] !== NULL) {
             foreach ($sortedSearchServices as $service) {
                 if ($service->supports($terms['_domain'])) {
-                    $results[] = $service->renderResult($terms, $start, $limit);
+                    $results[] = $service->renderResult($terms, $start, $limit, $options);
                 }
             }
             
@@ -150,7 +171,7 @@ class SearchProvider
         } else { // no domain provided, we use default search
             foreach($sortedSearchServices as $service) {
                 if ($service->isActiveByDefault()) {
-                    $results[] = $service->renderResult($terms, $start, $limit);
+                    $results[] = $service->renderResult($terms, $start, $limit, $options);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -161,7 +182,8 @@ class SearchProvider
         return $results;
     }
     
-    public function getResultByName($pattern, $name, $start = 0, $limit = 50) 
+    public function getResultByName($pattern, $name, $start = 0, $limit = 50,
+          array $options = array()) 
     {
         $terms = $this->parse($pattern);
         $search = $this->getByName($name);
@@ -171,7 +193,7 @@ class SearchProvider
             throw new ParsingException("The domain is not supported for the search name");
         }
         
-        return $search->renderResult($terms, $start, $limit);
+        return $search->renderResult($terms, $start, $limit, $options);
     }
 
     /**