Search

A single Search projects or users field lives in the header on the dashboard and feed pages. It's the fastest way to find a project you remember by name or a user you've interacted with.

What it searches

The header search is scoped to two entity types:

  • Projects: public projects across the platform plus your accessible private projects (your own and any in organizations you belong to).
  • Users: display names and usernames.

It does not search:

  • Forum content. Use the forum's own search (on the forum home or any board).
  • Commit messages.
  • File contents inside projects.
  • Organization names. (Use the organizations list for that.)

Results

As you type, results appear inline below the search box:

  • A section for Projects with up to 5 matches, each shown as a card (cover image, name, description, owner, public/private badge).
  • A section for Users with up to 5 matches, each shown as a row (avatar, name, username).

Click a result to navigate. Hit Escape or click the × to clear.

For more results than the inline preview shows, click See all results to land on a full results page.

Tips for better matches

  • Project IDs: pasting a short ID (like cmj4dy45y...) finds the exact project.
  • Owner-prefixed names: typing thiagoralves/edf-demo narrows to projects under that owner.
  • Username with @: typing @thiagoralves jumps straight to user results.

Per-section search

Some sections have their own search box that's better-scoped than the header search:

  • Projects list: search the current workspace's projects only.
  • Forum: search topics across categories.
  • Forum board: search topics in one category.
  • Org Members tab: search members in the org.
  • Messaging: search conversation participants and message text.

Use those when you know which surface to look on.

Limitations

  • No advanced operators (no is:public, owner:, language filters, etc.) today. Power-user filters are a planned addition.
  • Private results are limited to things you have access to. Other people's private projects won't appear in your results.
  • Search history is not surfaced. Use bookmarks or the URL bar's autocomplete for recurring lookups.

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