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Search and shortcuts

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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 and Labels and QR codes for finding a record by scanning it.