code: def searchRecords(self, search):
          
          
          # take the base record set
          self._currentRecordSet  = None
          self._searchTerms       = nativestring(search)
          
          # if we don't have a search, then go back to the default records
          if not search:
              if not self.signalsBlocked():
                  if self._recordSet is not None:
                      self._recordSet.clear()
                  
                  self._searched = False
                  self.refresh()
                  self.recordsChanged.emit()
                  return False
              return False
          
          self._searched=True
          
          # start from our default record set
          rset = self.searchableRecords()
          self._currentRecordSet = rset.search(search)
          
          # update widget and notify any listeners
          if not self.signalsBlocked():
              self.refresh()
              self.recordsChanged.emit()
          
          return True
docs: Creates a search for the inputed records by joining the search terms
          and query from the inputed search string by using the 
          Orb.Query.fromSearch method.
          
          :param      search  | <str>
                      refined | <orb.Query> || None
          
          :return     <bool> | success