# Command palette and search

> Find any ticket, Docs page or Memory note with ⌘K, and search or filter the screen you're on from the top bar.

By Dawn has two kinds of search. The command palette, `⌘K`, finds a ticket, a Docs page or a Memory note
anywhere in your organization and opens it. The search bar at the top of the screen searches and filters the board,
or the pull requests, epics or settings when you're on those. This page shows you how to use both.

## Find anything with ⌘K

Press `⌘K` (`Ctrl+K` on Windows and Linux), or choose the **⌘K** button at the right of
the search bar, which shows when the window is wide enough. It works even while you're typing somewhere else, and on top of an open ticket. Press it again, or
`Esc`, to close it.

Type in **Search tickets and docs…**. Results come in four groups:

| Group | What it finds |
| --- | --- |
| **Open tickets** | the tickets you have open as tabs. Before you type, it lists them all, so ⌘K is also a quick way to switch between them. It's not there with ticket tabs off |
| **Tickets** | tickets in every project, by ID (such as `SAW-123`) or by words in them |
| **Docs** | [Docs](https://docs.bydawn.com/docs-wiki/) pages, by title, key (such as `D28`) or a phrase in the page. Each result shows the space and where the page sits, with the matching words highlighted |
| **Memory** | Memory notes, the short rules and decisions agents remember |

An exact ID or page key comes first. You only see what you're allowed to read.

*[Screenshot: The command palette searching for release notes, with three matching tickets under Tickets and two pages under Docs, each page showing its space and path and the matching words highlighted]*

Move through the results with `↑` and `↓`, then press `↵` or click to open
one. A ticket opens in its project, and a page or note opens in Docs.

If nothing matches, the palette says **No tickets, pages or notes match** what you typed. If search can't be reached,
it says **Search isn't available right now. Try again in a moment.**

## Search the screen you're on

The search bar at the top, **Search or filter this view · jump anywhere** on the board, works on the screen you're
looking at. Type, and it suggests:

- **Filter this view**: filters you can add, such as an assignee, status, label, epic, cycle or priority. Press
  `⇥` to add the first one as a filter, and `⌫` in an empty box to remove the last one.
- **Text**: shows only the tickets that mention what you typed.
- **Tickets**: tickets that match, to open one.
- **Jump to**: a screen, such as **Pull requests** or **Docs**, or a setting, to go straight there.
- **Board views** (**Views** once you type): views of the board, such as **My tickets** or **Running now**, and any
  you've saved.

On **Pull requests** and **Epics & Milestones** it searches those instead, and on an epics page `/` jumps
to it. On other screens, such as Docs or Insights, it searches the board, and choosing a filter takes you there. In
Settings, it finds a setting by its name or what it's about. Press `↵` to open the best match.

Move through suggestions with `↑` and `↓`, and press `Esc` to close them.

## Other searches

A few screens have a search box of their own: **Questions** (questions and their answers), **Memory** in Docs,
**Repos**, and the cycle planner. Docs pages have none, because `⌘K` searches them.

## FAQ

**Can I run commands from the palette?**

Not yet. The palette finds tickets, pages and notes. To go to a screen or a setting, use **Jump to** in the search
bar, or a [keyboard shortcut](https://docs.bydawn.com/keyboard-shortcuts/).

**Why doesn't ⌘K open?**

In Settings the key does nothing, but the **⌘K** button in the search bar still opens the palette. On a phone, use
the search bar instead.

**Does ⌘K search every project?**

Yes. Tickets, pages and notes come from every project you can see, not only the one that's open.

## Next

- [Keyboard shortcuts](https://docs.bydawn.com/keyboard-shortcuts/): every key By Dawn listens for.
- [Docs](https://docs.bydawn.com/docs-wiki/): the pages ⌘K finds.

Source: https://docs.bydawn.com/command-palette/