diff --git a/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/PollingStationDashboardController.java b/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/PollingStationDashboardController.java
index 795f5f3..eba8bf5 100644
--- a/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/PollingStationDashboardController.java
+++ b/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/PollingStationDashboardController.java
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@ public class PollingStationDashboardController {
     {
         this.eventHandlerMap.Handle(mousePressed);
     }
+
+    @FXML
+    private void ExpandAdvanceSearch(MouseEvent mousePressed) { this.eventHandlerMap.Handle(mousePressed);}
 }
diff --git a/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/search/advancedSearch/AdvancedSearchController.java b/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/search/advancedSearch/AdvancedSearchController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b543f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/search/advancedSearch/AdvancedSearchController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package polling_station_dashboard.search.advancedSearch;
+
+/**
+ * Created by dasha on 7/9/2016.
+ * AdvancedSearchController controls the behavior of the adnvaced search panel
+ * for example searching by tag type
+ */
+public class AdvancedSearchController {
+}
diff --git a/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/search/advancedSearch/AdvancedSearchHandler.java b/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/search/advancedSearch/AdvancedSearchHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a8f7ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/search/advancedSearch/AdvancedSearchHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package polling_station_dashboard.search.advancedSearch;
+
+import javafx.event.Event;
+import javafx.event.EventHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Created by dasha on 7/9/2016.
+ * AdvancedSearchHandler handles the event that being passed from  the polling station dashboard
+ */
+public class AdvancedSearchHandler implements EventHandler {
+
+    @Override
+    public void handle(Event event) {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/search/advancedSearch/AdvancedSearchLoader.java b/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/search/advancedSearch/AdvancedSearchLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..686c902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polling-station-gui/src/main/java/polling_station_dashboard/search/advancedSearch/AdvancedSearchLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package polling_station_dashboard.search.advancedSearch;
+
+/**
+ * Created by dasha on 7/9/2016.
+ * AdvancedSearchLoader loads the advanced search panel
+ */
+public class AdvancedSearchLoader {
+}
diff --git a/polling-station-gui/src/main/resources/view/dashboard/polling_station_dashboard.fxml b/polling-station-gui/src/main/resources/view/dashboard/polling_station_dashboard.fxml
index 9e688b0..6d539e5 100644
--- a/polling-station-gui/src/main/resources/view/dashboard/polling_station_dashboard.fxml
+++ b/polling-station-gui/src/main/resources/view/dashboard/polling_station_dashboard.fxml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 <!-- Created By Vladimir Eliezer Tokarev !-->
 
+<?import javafx.scene.text.*?>
 <?import java.lang.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.image.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
@@ -24,21 +25,25 @@
             <Pane layoutX="24.0" layoutY="14.0" prefHeight="102.0" prefWidth="714.0">
                <children>
                   <BorderPane prefHeight="102.0" prefWidth="714.0">
-                     <right>
-                        <Button fx:id="SearchButton" mnemonicParsing="false" onMousePressed="#SearchTrigered" prefHeight="50.0" prefWidth="112.0" text="Search" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER" />
-                     </right>
                      <bottom>
                         <Separator prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER" />
                      </bottom>
-                     <left>
-                        <ImageView fitHeight="65.0" fitWidth="66.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
-                           <image>
-                              <Image url="@/images/barcode.png" />
-                           </image>
-                        </ImageView>
-                     </left>
                      <center>
-                        <TextField fx:id="SearchValue" prefHeight="56.0" prefWidth="536.0" text="IDNumber: 123123123, FilterName2: value2 ..." BorderPane.alignment="CENTER" />
+                        <BorderPane fx:id="SearchContainer" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                           <center>
+                              <TextField fx:id="SearchValue" prefHeight="56.0" prefWidth="479.0" text="IDNumber: 123123123, FilterName2: value2 ..." BorderPane.alignment="CENTER" />
+                           </center>
+                           <left>
+                              <ImageView fitHeight="65.0" fitWidth="66.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                                 <image>
+                                    <Image url="@/images/barcode.png" />
+                                 </image>
+                              </ImageView>
+                           </left>
+                           <right>
+                              <Button fx:id="SearchButton" mnemonicParsing="false" onMousePressed="#SearchTrigered" prefHeight="50.0" prefWidth="112.0" text="Search" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER" />
+                           </right>
+                        </BorderPane>
                      </center>
                   </BorderPane>
                </children>
@@ -78,6 +83,11 @@
                </children>
             </Pane>
             <Pane fx:id="AddEditPane" layoutX="17.0" layoutY="120.0" prefHeight="428.0" prefWidth="749.0" />
+            <Label layoutX="746.0" layoutY="24.0" onMousePressed="#ExpandAdvanceSearch" text="!">
+               <font>
+                  <Font size="55.0" />
+               </font>
+            </Label>
          </children>
       </AnchorPane>
    </children>