Search and the Command Palette

One search box for the text on screen, the people and scenes in the show, every tab and menu command, and the help articles.

4 min readUpdated September 2026

Opening It

Press Ctrl+F on Windows or ⌘F on a Mac, from anywhere in the app. It takes over from the browser's own find. Ctrl+K or ⌘K opens it too, and so does Search in the app menu. The same shortcut closes it, and so does Escape.

Four Kinds of Answer

Type two characters and the results come back in four groups:

GroupWhat it finds
On this pageText showing on the screen right now
In (the show's name)Crew, cast, background, scenes and days in the production you have open
Actions & menusTabs, views, and the commands in the header menus
Help articlesThe support library, down to the section that matched
Tip: With nothing typed, the box offers Jump to buttons for the main tabs.

Stepping Through a Page

Choose an On this page result and a find bar takes over: "3 of 12", with the current match ringed. Enter goes to the next one and Shift+Enter to the previous; the arrow buttons do the same. Edit the text in the bar to search again. Escape closes it. The count updates as a long grid scrolls and draws new rows.

Important: On this page only sees what is drawn. A long crew list draws the rows near the screen, so a name further down may not count until you scroll to it. Search the show's name group for that.

Jumping to a Person or Scene

Choose a result from the production group and the app opens the tab it lives on and takes you to it. Actions run the command straight away, the same as picking it from the menu. Help articles open at the section that matched.

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