Whimsical has three ways to search, depending on what you’re trying to find:

• Here searches the file or folder you’re currently viewing.
• Titles searches file and folder names in your current workspace.
• Everything searches both names and content across workspace items you can access.

Search results only include files, folders, and content you have permission to view. Search does not include other workspaces or private sections you don’t have access to.

Read on to learn how each one works:

• To open search for the folder or file that you're in (Here), use the keyboard shortcut Command + F on Mac, or Ctrl + F on a PC.
• To open search for a folder or file in your workspace, use the keyboard shortcut Command + J (Mac) or Ctrl + J (PC) .
• Or you can click the magnifying glass icon in the top right of the app.
• Once the search modal is open, you can switch between the three different search options.

When you open the search modal, you’ll see your most recently viewed files and can navigate through them with the up and down arrow keys.

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Searching "Here" will look for matches in the specific file or folder that you have open.

• In a folder, the names of the files within will be searched
• In a board or doc, the file’s contents will be searched

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Searching “Titles” will look for name matches across all files and folders in your workspace that you have access to, including:

• Your private files
• Files shared with the workspace
• Files that belong to teams that you are a member of
• Files that have been shared with you

It will not return results from other workspaces you are a part of, or files or folders from other members’ private sections.

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Finally, to look for matches in all accessible file and folder names or their contents, you can use the “Everything” search.

To switch to searching “Everything” after typing, hit Command + Option + Enter (Mac) or Ctrl + Alt + Enter on Windows.