# Search and shortcuts

Category: Getting started. Updated 2026-11-12.

Find any record from the header search, jump anywhere with the command palette, browse every record of a kind in the Resources tables, and use the keyboard shortcuts on a desktop.

## Search everything

1. Type in **Search…** in the header and press `Enter`. With a keyboard, `/` puts the cursor there from anywhere outside a field.
2. The **Search** page lists what matched, grouped under **Clients**, **Properties**, **Rooms**, **Racks**, **Devices & parts**, and **Cable drops**, each result saying what matched and where it sits.
3. Press a result to open it.

Search looks through names, addresses, serial numbers, IP and MAC addresses, port labels, run labels, details, notes, and checklist steps. Type at least 2 characters. Each device found wears its own type's icon (a switch, an access point, a camera), here and in the command palette. A result inside an archived client or property is marked **Archived**. If there are too many results, the page says so: add a word to narrow it.

On the search page you can change the words in the box and press **Search** again. The address of a results page can be bookmarked or shared with a colleague.

## Jump with the command palette

Press `Ctrl+K` (`⌘K` on a Mac) to open **Go to**, a box in the middle of the screen (the full width on a phone).

- Before you type, it lists your starred places and recently viewed places first, then quick links to the main pages — **Clients**, **Resources**, **Racks**, **Stock**, **Property map**, **Device presets**, **Search page**, **Your profile**, **Security**, **What's offline**, **What’s new** — and actions such as **Switch theme to …**, **Open the user guide**, and **Clear recently viewed**. An owner or admin also sees **Accounts & activity log** and **Webhooks**.
- Type to narrow the list. Once you have typed enough to search, the pages and actions whose names hold what you typed stay first (so "guide" still offers **Open the user guide**), then live results from the whole map, ending with **See all results for “…”**, which opens the search page.
- Move with the up and down arrow keys, press `Enter` to open the selected entry, and `Esc` to close. `Ctrl+K` again also closes it.

## Browse every record in a table

Press **Resources** in the header (behind the **Views** button on a phone). It has one tab per record type across every client: **Clients**, **Properties**, **Rooms**, **Racks**, **Devices**, **Ports**, **Runs**, **Links**, **Contacts**, **VLANs**, **WLANs**, **Checklists**, and **Files**.

- **Scope** narrows the table to one client or property; **Columns** chooses what is shown. Press a column heading to sort by it.
- Type a name under **Saved questions** and press **Save** to keep the current table setup; choose it later from the list.
- **Export CSV** and **Export Excel** download every row that matches the scope and filters, in the table's order and with the columns shown — not only the page you are on.

## Keyboard shortcuts

Press `?` outside a text field, or **Keyboard shortcuts** under **Help** in Settings, to see this list in the app.

- `Ctrl+K` / `⌘K` — open or close the command palette
- `/` — jump to the search box
- `Ctrl+B` / `⌘B` — show or hide the sidebar (the tree, or the Settings sections)
- `Ctrl+H` / `⌘H` — show or hide the side panels on the rack, floor plan, ports, and topology pages
- `Ctrl+Z` / `⌘Z` — undo a reorder in the rack editor
- `Ctrl+Shift+Z` / `⌘⇧Z` — redo a reorder in the rack editor
- `Ctrl+D` / `⌘D` — duplicate the rack (rack editor)
- `Ctrl+C` / `⌘C` — copy the selected device (rack editor)
- `Ctrl+V` / `⌘V` — paste a copy of the device (rack editor)
- `Delete` — delete the selected device (rack editor)
- `?` — show the list of shortcuts
- `Esc` — close a panel, a dialog, or the list

A few more work where you are:

- `Ctrl+Enter` / `⌘Enter` in a new note adds it.
- In the tree, the arrow keys, `Home`, and `End` move between rows, `Enter` opens one, and `Shift+F10` or the menu key opens its actions.
- On the ports screen, `Shift+F10` or the menu key on a focused port opens its menu.

`Ctrl+H` works where the side panels are shown, on a desktop-width screen; copy, paste, and delete in the rack editor need a device selected, which is also a desktop feature. `/`, `?`, and the rack keys do nothing while you are typing in a field.

Related: [Getting around](https://cablefolio.com/help/getting-around/) and [Labels and QR codes](https://cablefolio.com/help/labels-and-qr-codes/#scan-a-label-to-open-its-page) for finding a record by scanning it.

## More help

- [Next: Places and devices](https://cablefolio.com/help/places-and-devices/)
- [Contact support](https://cablefolio.com/support/)