diff --git a/browser/loops.css b/browser/loops.css
index 4ca8eb1..a28fd08 100644
--- a/browser/loops.css
+++ b/browser/loops.css
@@ -416,6 +416,13 @@ img.notselected {
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
+.message {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    background-color: #c3d9ff;
+    padding: 4px;
+    margin-bottom: 4px;
+}
+
 /* comments */
 
 div.comment {
@@ -440,10 +447,6 @@ div.comment {
     padding: 2px;
 }
 
-.searchForm input.submit {
-    font-weight: bold;
-}
-
 /* blog */
 
 .blog .description {
diff --git a/browser/skin/lobo/lobo.css b/browser/skin/lobo/lobo.css
index 31c0482..ea68852 100644
--- a/browser/skin/lobo/lobo.css
+++ b/browser/skin/lobo/lobo.css
@@ -417,6 +417,13 @@ img.notselected {
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
+.message {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    background-color: #c3d9ff;
+    padding: 4px;
+    margin-bottom: 4px;
+}
+
 /* lobo layout-specific classes */
 
 .legend {
@@ -447,10 +454,6 @@ div.comment {
     padding: 2px;
 }
 
-.searchForm input.submit {
-    font-weight: bold;
-}
-
 /* blog */
 
 .blog .description {
diff --git a/expert/browser/configure.zcml b/expert/browser/configure.zcml
index cca5154..4d71dfa 100644
--- a/expert/browser/configure.zcml
+++ b/expert/browser/configure.zcml
@@ -6,41 +6,52 @@
     i18n_domain="loops">
 
   <zope:adapter
-      name="action_query.html"
-      for="loops.interfaces.IConcept
-           zope.publisher.interfaces.browser.IBrowserRequest"
-      provides="zope.interface.Interface"
-      factory="loops.expert.browser.base.BaseQueryView"
-      permission="zope.View" />
+        name="action_query.html"
+        for="loops.interfaces.IConcept
+             zope.publisher.interfaces.browser.IBrowserRequest"
+        provides="zope.interface.Interface"
+        factory="loops.expert.browser.base.BaseQueryView"
+        permission="zope.View" />
 
   <browser:page
-      name="search.html"
-      for="loops.interfaces.INode"
-      class="loops.expert.browser.search.QuickSearchResults"
-      permission="zope.View" />
+        name="search.html"
+        for="loops.interfaces.INode"
+        class="loops.expert.browser.search.QuickSearchResults"
+        permission="zope.View" />
 
   <zope:adapter
-      name="search"
-      for="loops.interfaces.IConcept
-           zope.publisher.interfaces.browser.IBrowserRequest"
-      provides="zope.interface.Interface"
-      factory="loops.expert.browser.search.Search"
-      permission="zope.View"
-      />
+        name="search"
+        for="loops.interfaces.IConcept
+             zope.publisher.interfaces.browser.IBrowserRequest"
+        provides="zope.interface.Interface"
+        factory="loops.expert.browser.search.Search"
+        permission="zope.View" />
 
   <browser:page
-      name="listConceptsForComboBox.js"
-      for="loops.interfaces.ILoopsObject"
-      class="loops.expert.browser.search.Search"
-      attribute="listConcepts"
-      permission="zope.View"
-      />
+        name="listConceptsForComboBox.js"
+        for="loops.interfaces.ILoopsObject"
+        class="loops.expert.browser.search.Search"
+        attribute="listConcepts"
+        permission="zope.View" />
 
   <browser:page
-      name="searchresults.html"
-      for="loops.interfaces.ILoopsObject"
-      class="loops.expert.browser.search.SearchResults"
-      permission="zope.View"
-      />
+        name="searchresults.html"
+        for="loops.interfaces.ILoopsObject"
+        class="loops.expert.browser.search.SearchResults"
+        permission="zope.View" />
+
+  <zope:adapter
+        name="execute_query_action"
+        for="loops.browser.node.NodeView
+             zope.publisher.interfaces.browser.IBrowserRequest"
+        factory="loops.expert.browser.base.ActionExecutor"
+        permission="zope.ManageContent" />
+
+  <zope:adapter
+        name="execute_search_action"
+        for="loops.browser.node.NodeView
+             zope.publisher.interfaces.browser.IBrowserRequest"
+        factory="loops.expert.browser.search.ActionExecutor"
+        permission="zope.ManageContent" />
 
 </configure>
diff --git a/expert/browser/search.pt b/expert/browser/search.pt
index 5ac7dee..50cfee4 100644
--- a/expert/browser/search.pt
+++ b/expert/browser/search.pt
@@ -33,11 +33,15 @@
       tal:content="item/title">
       Search
     </h1>
+    <div class="message"
+         tal:define="message request/message|nothing"
+         tal:condition="message"
+         tal:content="message" />
 
-    <div metal:define-macro="search_form" class="searchForm">
-      <fieldset class="box">
-        <form action="." method="post" id="1.search.form"
-              tal:attributes="id formId">
+    <form action="." method="post" id="1.search.form"
+          tal:attributes="id formId">
+      <div metal:define-macro="search_form" class="searchForm">
+        <fieldset class="box">
           <input type="hidden" name="search.submitted" value="yes" />
           <input type="hidden" name="search.resultsId" value="1.results"
                  tal:attributes="value resultsId" />
@@ -56,23 +60,24 @@
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="3"><br />
                 <input type="submit" name="button.search" value="Search" class="submit"
-                       i18n:attributes="value"
-                       tal:attributes="xx_onclick python:
-                                item.submitReplacing(resultsId, formId, view)" />
+                       i18n:attributes="value" />
               </td>
             </tr>
           </table>
-        </form>
-      </fieldset>
-    </div>
-    <tal:results condition="request/search.submitted|nothing">
-      <metal:results use-macro="item/search_macros/search_results" />
-    </tal:results>
+        </fieldset>
+      </div>
+      <tal:results condition="request/search.submitted|nothing">
+        <metal:results use-macro="item/search_macros/search_results" />
+      </tal:results>
+    </form>
   </div>
 </metal:search>
 
+
 <div metal:define-macro="search_results" id="search.results"
      tal:define="item nocall:item|nocall:view">
+    <input type="hidden" name="form.action"
+           tal:attributes="value item/form_action" />
     <fieldset class="box">
       <h2 i18n:translate="">Search results</h2>
       <metal:results define-macro="results">
@@ -80,6 +85,12 @@
                i18n:attributes="summary">
           <thead>
             <tr>
+              <th tal:condition="item/showActions"
+                  class="checkbox">
+                <input type="checkbox"
+                       onchange="checked = this.checked;
+                           dojo.query('.select_item').forEach(function(n) {
+                                n.checked = checked;});" /></th>
               <th i18n:translate="">Title</th>
               <th i18n:translate="">Type</th>
               <th i18n:translate=""
@@ -95,8 +106,16 @@
             <tal:items tal:repeat="row item/results">
               <tal:item define="class python: repeat['row'].odd() and 'even' or 'odd';
                                 description row/description;
-                                targetUrl python:view.getUrlForTarget(row)">
+                                targetUrl python:view.getUrlForTarget(row);
+                                selected_uids request/selection|python:[]">
                 <tr tal:attributes="class class">
+                  <td tal:condition="item/showActions|nothing"
+                      tal:define="uid row/uniqueId"
+                      class="checkbox">
+                  <input type="checkbox" name="selection:list" class="select_item"
+                         tal:attributes="value uid;
+                                         checked python:
+                                uid in selected_uids" /></td>
                   <td>
                     <a tal:attributes="href string:$targetUrl?version=this;
                                        title description">
@@ -134,6 +153,7 @@
           </tbody>
         </table>
       </metal:results>
+      <metal:actions use-macro="item/search_macros/actions" />
     </fieldset>
 </div>
 
@@ -374,4 +394,49 @@
                     param not in ['type', 'text', 'concept', 'state']" />&nbsp;
 </td>
 
+
+<div metal:define-macro="actions"
+     tal:condition="item/showActions">
+  <div id="search_actions_plus"
+       onclick="dojo.query('#search_actions').style('display', 'block');
+                dojo.query('#search_actions_plus').style('display', 'none')" >
+    <img src="/++resource++cybertools.icons/plus.gif" />Show Actions</div>
+  <div id="search_actions" style="display: none">
+    <h4 onclick="dojo.query('#search_actions_plus').style('display', 'block');
+                 dojo.query('#search_actions').style('display', 'none')">
+      <img src="/++resource++cybertools.icons/minus.gif" />Actions for Selected Objects</h4>
+    <div class="buttons">
+      <div tal:define="stateDefs item/statesDefinitions;"
+           tal:condition="stateDefs">
+        <table>
+          <tr tal:repeat="def stateDefs">
+            <td>
+              <input type="submit" name="action.change_state"
+                     value="Change state" class="submit"
+                     tal:condition="repeat/def/start"
+                     i18n:attributes="value" /></td>
+            <td valign="top"
+                tal:content="def/name"
+                i18n:translate=""></td>
+            <td tal:define="transitions def/transitions">
+              <select tal:attributes="name string:trans.${def/name}">
+                <option i18n:translate="" value="-">No change</option>
+                <option tal:repeat="trans transitions"
+                        tal:attributes="value trans/name"
+                        tal:content="trans/title">publish</option>
+              </select>
+            </td>
+          </tr>
+        </table><br />
+      </div>
+      <div>
+          <input type="submit" name="action.delete"
+                 value="Delete objects" class="submit"
+                 onClick="confirm('Do you really want to ... the selected objects?')"
+                 i18n:attributes="value; onclick" /></div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/expert/browser/search.py b/expert/browser/search.py
index 20af753..f368042 100644
--- a/expert/browser/search.py
+++ b/expert/browser/search.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from zope.app.pagetemplate import ViewPageTemplateFile
 from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
 from zope.traversing.api import getName, getParent
 
+from cybertools.browser.form import FormController
 from cybertools.stateful.interfaces import IStateful, IStatesDefinition
 from loops.browser.common import BaseView
 from loops.browser.node import NodeView
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ from loops.common import adapted, AdapterBase
 from loops.expert.concept import ConceptQuery, FullQuery
 from loops.interfaces import IResource
 from loops.organize.personal.browser.filter import FilterView
+from loops.security.common import canWriteObject, checkPermission
 from loops import util
 from loops.util import _
 
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ search_template = ViewPageTemplateFile('search.pt')
 class QuickSearchResults(NodeView):
     """ Provides results listing """
 
+    showActions = False
+
     @Lazy
     def search_macros(self):
         return self.controller.getTemplateMacros('search', search_template)
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ class QuickSearchResults(NodeView):
 
 class Search(BaseView):
 
+    form_action = 'execute_search_action'
     maxRowNum = 0
 
     @Lazy
@@ -82,6 +87,11 @@ class Search(BaseView):
     def macro(self):
         return self.search_macros['search']
 
+    @Lazy
+    def showActions(self):
+        return checkPermission('loops.ManageSite', self.context)
+        #return canWriteObject(self.context)
+
     @property
     def rowNum(self):
         """ Return the rowNum to be used for identifying the current search
@@ -261,9 +271,8 @@ class Search(BaseView):
         return True
 
 
-#class SearchResults(BaseView):
 class SearchResults(NodeView):
-    """ Provides results as inner HTML """
+    """ Provides results as inner HTML - not used any more (?)"""
 
     @Lazy
     def search_macros(self):
@@ -315,3 +324,46 @@ class SearchResults(NodeView):
         result = sorted(result, key=lambda x: x.title.lower())
         return self.viewIterator(result)
 
+
+class ActionExecutor(FormController):
+
+    def update(self):
+        form = self.request.form
+        actions = [k for k in form.keys() if k.startswith('action.')]
+        if actions:
+            action = actions[0].split('.', 1)[1]
+            uids = form.get('selection', [])
+            if uids:
+                method = self.actions.get(action)
+                if method:
+                    method(self, uids)
+        return True
+
+    def delete(self, uids):
+        self.request.form['message'] = _(
+                u'The objects selected have been deleted.')
+        for uid in uids:
+            obj = util.getObjectForUid(uid)
+            if not canWriteObject(obj):
+                continue
+            parent = getParent(obj)
+            del parent[getName(obj)]
+
+    def change_state(self, uids):
+        stdefs = dict([(k.split('.', 1)[1], v)
+                        for k, v in self.request.form.items()
+                        if k.startswith('trans.') and self.request.form[k] != '-'])
+        if not stdefs:
+            return
+        for uid in uids:
+            obj = util.getObjectForUid(uid)
+            if not canWriteObject(obj):
+                continue
+            for stdef, trans in stdefs.items():
+                stf = component.getAdapter(obj, IStateful, name=stdef)
+                if trans in [t.name for t in stf.getAvailableTransitions()]:
+                    stf.doTransition(trans)
+        self.request.form['message'] = _(
+                u'The state of the objects selected has been changed.')
+
+    actions = dict(delete=delete, change_state=change_state)
diff --git a/expert/configure.zcml b/expert/configure.zcml
index dd24ee9..3eff3c3 100644
--- a/expert/configure.zcml
+++ b/expert/configure.zcml
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
              set_schema="loops.expert.concept.IQueryConcept" />
   </class>
 
-  <adapter name="execute_query_action"
-           for="loops.browser.node.NodeView
-                zope.publisher.interfaces.browser.IBrowserRequest"
-           factory="loops.expert.browser.base.ActionExecutor"
-           permission="zope.ManageContent" />
-
   <adapter factory="loops.expert.setup.SetupManager"
            name="expert" />