> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.quadrillion.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search

> Find content in your current document or across your entire workspace.

Qualia provides two search experiences: finding text within the current tab, and searching across all files in your workspace.

## Find in current tab

Press **Cmd+F** (Mac) or **Ctrl+F** (Windows/Linux) to open the find bar in your current tab.

### Basic search

Type your search term and press Enter or click the arrows to navigate between matches:

* **Up arrow / Shift+Enter**: Previous match
* **Down arrow / Enter**: Next match
* **Esc**: Close find bar

Matches are highlighted in the document as you type.

### Search options

Toggle these options for more control:

| Option                | Shortcut | Effect                             |
| --------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------- |
| **Aa** (Match case)   | —        | Only match exact capitalization    |
| **\[w]** (Whole word) | —        | Only match complete words          |
| **.\*** (Regex)       | —        | Treat search as regular expression |

### Find and replace

Click the expand arrow to show the replace field:

1. Enter search term in the first field
2. Enter replacement text in the second field
3. Click **Replace** to replace current match
4. Click **Replace All** to replace all matches

### Find in chat

When the chat panel is focused, Cmd/Ctrl+F searches chat history instead of the document. The same options (case, word, regex) apply.

Chat search also offers a **collapsed content** toggle to include text that's normally hidden behind collapsed sections — the agent's chain-of-thought (reasoning), command output, and web-search results. It's off by default; enabling it expands that content while find is open so it's matched alongside the rest of the conversation.

## Search across files

The **Search** sidebar searches all files in your workspace. Open it from the activity bar (magnifying glass icon).

<Info>
  Searching files requires a folder to be open. Searching previous chats works
  even when no folder is open, since chats are not tied to a workspace.
</Info>

### Running a search

1. Enter your search term
2. Results appear as you type (with a brief debounce)
3. Click a result to open the file at that location

Results show:

* **Content matches**: Lines containing your search term
* **File matches**: Files whose names match
* **Folder matches**: Directories whose names match
* **Chat matches**: Previous chats whose title or messages contain your search term

Content matches appear first, then files and folders, then chats.

### Searching previous chats

The Search sidebar also searches across your previous chats. A chat appears in the
**Chats** section when your search term matches its title or any of its messages.
Each result shows the matching message snippets (labeled **You** or **Agent**).
Click the chat title to open the conversation, or click a snippet to open it and
jump straight to that message, which is briefly highlighted.

Only the messages you actually see — your own messages and the agent's replies —
are searched, never the agent's internal/model-only history.

The search options below (case, whole word, regex) apply to chat search too.

<Info>
  Searching previous chats is available when working locally. When connected to a
  remote workspace, the **Chats** section stays empty.
</Info>

<Info>
  In notebooks, content search matches exactly what in-notebook find (Cmd/Ctrl+F)
  sees: cell source and outputs as the notebook renders them. Text that isn't
  displayed — base64-encoded binary data, hidden text fallbacks of rich outputs
  like charts and HTML tables, and progress-bar text that was overwritten in
  place — is not searched. Markdown and LaTeX outputs are searched as their
  underlying source, the same way markdown cells are. Clicking a notebook result
  jumps to that match in the notebook.
</Info>

### Search options

| Option                        | Effect                     |
| ----------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| **Aa** (Match case)           | Case-sensitive search      |
| **\[w]** (Whole word)         | Match complete words only  |
| **.\*** (Regex)               | Regular expression search  |
| **Include empty directories** | Show matching folder names |

### Replace across files

1. Toggle the replace field
2. Enter replacement text
3. Click **Replace All**

A confirmation dialog shows:

* Number of matches
* Number of files affected

After confirming:

* Files on disk are updated
* Open editors are updated in memory
* Files currently being edited by AI are excluded

<Warning>
  Replace across files cannot be undone in a single action. Review the match count before confirming.
</Warning>

### Performance

Workspace search uses **ripgrep** for speed. It can search large codebases quickly, but results are capped to keep the interface responsive. If your search matches thousands of files, you'll see a truncation notice.

## Search in context

### Notebooks

Find searches across all cells in the notebook — code cells, markdown cells, and outputs.

### Writeups

Find searches the document content including headings, paragraphs, and code blocks.

### Chat

Find searches the visible chat history including your messages and AI responses.

## Keyboard shortcuts

| Shortcut             | Action                   |
| -------------------- | ------------------------ |
| **Cmd/Ctrl+F**       | Open find in current tab |
| **Cmd/Ctrl+G**       | Find next match          |
| **Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+G** | Find previous match      |
| **Esc**              | Close find bar           |

<Info>
  Qualia uses Cmd/Ctrl+F for in-tab find, not Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+F (which some editors use for "find in files"). The Search sidebar is the way to search across files.
</Info>