Search

Search has two forms. List search narrows the rows you are viewing. Canvas search moves your view towards a node. Choose the one that fits the question: “Which tasks mention shade?” belongs in Tasks, while “Where is my garden layout?” belongs on the canvas.

Search the list you are using#

Choose Nodes, Snippets or Tasks, then use the panel's search icon. On a wide window it sits beside the Glob wordmark. On a narrow window the bottom toolbar provides Search this view while the list panel is showing.

The entry slot changes to Search nodes…, Search notes… or Search tasks…. Results update as you type. The normal list filter matches a case-insensitive piece of the title, body or tags. Try a distinctive word or phrase from the note rather than a question about its meaning.

Search follows the current destination. Nodes searches the open project or node canvas. Snippets and Tasks search their own selected lists. If a result seems missing, check the view and list choice before changing the query.

Understand the tree while searching#

Search can show a matching child beneath ancestors that do not contain the search text. Those ancestors keep the result in context. A parent appearing in the filtered list does not mean its own text matched.

Collapsed branches are searched with their contents exposed for filtering. Clearing the query returns you to the ordinary tree and your fold choices. Search does not move a note to another list or change its parent.

Close search with Close search, or press Escape in the search field. Glob clears the query and restores the capture slot with its unsubmitted capture draft. The return-arrow control beside list search closes search; it does not create a note from the query.

Find a node on a private canvas#

On a narrow browser window, show the canvas and choose Find a node from the bottom toolbar. A Find a node… field appears across the top. As you type, the canvas travels to the best matching node represented there. The field shows that node's title, or no match. In a wide window or the Linux app, use the list panel's search; the vertical canvas toolbar has no Find a node button.

This search can match a title or note content, with closer title matches preferred. It also has a loose character-order fallback, so a shortened sequence may find something when a literal phrase does not. Case and accents are folded for this canvas matching.

Only nodes represented on the current canvas are candidates. An unplaced note in Snippets is not a canvas destination, and a node on a different canvas will not be found here. Return to the appropriate project or node interior and search there.

Press Enter or choose Hold this view to close the field and stay where the search took you. Press Escape to abandon the search and restore the view you had before opening it. On a touch screen, committing also dismisses the field's keyboard.

Choose another tool when needed#

Use Capture and lists to check a named list or organise a result. Use the canvas breadcrumb if you have entered a node and need to return to the enclosing canvas.

Ask Glob answers questions using the context its request includes. It is a separate tool from searching for a literal title or phrase. If you need an exact note, locate it first and check its text directly.

For a missing result, try a shorter word, clear the query, confirm the account and destination, and use Sync now if you are waiting for another device's change. Troubleshooting covers unreadable records and sync failures.