diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/listview.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/listview.controller.js
index a0c0c8b517..62f8230791 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/listview.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/listview.controller.js
@@ -140,8 +140,12 @@ function listViewController($rootScope, $scope, $routeParams, $injector, notific
     /*Pagination is done by an array of objects, due angularJS's funky way of monitoring state
     with simple values */
 
-    $scope.reloadView = function(id) {
+    $scope.reloadView = function (id) {
+
         getListResultsCallback(id, $scope.options).then(function (data) {
+
+            $scope.actionInProgress = false;
+
             $scope.listViewResultSet = data;
 
             //update all values for display
@@ -203,11 +207,17 @@ function listViewController($rootScope, $scope, $routeParams, $injector, notific
         });
     };
 
-    //assign debounce method to the search to limit the queries
-    $scope.search = _.debounce(function() {
-        $scope.options.pageNumber = 1;
-        $scope.reloadView($scope.contentId);
-    }, 100);
+    $scope.$watch(function() {
+        return $scope.options.filter;
+    }, _.debounce(function(newVal, oldVal) {
+        $scope.$apply(function() {
+            if (newVal !== null && newVal !== undefined && newVal !== oldVal) {
+                $scope.options.pageNumber = 1;
+                $scope.actionInProgress = true;
+                $scope.reloadView($scope.contentId);
+            }
+        });
+    }, 200));
 
     $scope.enterSearch = function($event) {
         $($event.target).next().focus();
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/listview.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/listview.html
index 9f59653d51..2c92fd59c9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/listview.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/listview/listview.html
@@ -39,11 +39,15 @@
                 </a>
             </div>
             <span ng-bind="bulkStatus" ng-show="isAnythingSelected()"></span>
+            
+            <div class="umb-loader-wrapper" ng-show="actionInProgress">
+                <div class="umb-loader"></div>
+            </div>
 
             <form class="form-search pull-right" novalidate>
                 <div class="inner-addon left-addon">
                     <i class="icon icon-search" ng-click="enterSearch($event)"></i>
-                    <input type="text" class="form-control" localize="placeholder" placeholder="@general_typeToSearch" ng-model="options.filter" on-keyup="search()" prevent-enter-submit no-dirty-check>
+                    <input type="text" class="form-control" localize="placeholder" placeholder="@general_typeToSearch" ng-model="options.filter" prevent-enter-submit no-dirty-check>
                 </div>
             </form>
         </div>