A method and an electronic device (10) for generating a search query using a graphical user interface are provided. The method comprises providing (111) a graphical representation of a search input field (20) comprising at least two domain icons (21-25, 91-97), each domain icon (21-25, 91-97) representing a search domain, activating (112) of the search input field (20) upon a user selection of one of the at least two domain icons (21-25, 91-97), receiving (113) a search string (34) entered by a user, and generating (114) the search query based on the entered search string (34) and the search domain represented by the selected domain icon (21-25, 91-97).