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Search Mode

Full-screen BQL-powered search interface with live results and issue details.

Search Mode

Features

  • Full-screen BQL-powered search interface
  • Live results with detail panel
  • Save searches as kanban columns
  • Create new views from search results
  • Sub-mode for viewing issue dependencies and hierarchies

Videos

Use ctrl+space to switch modes between Kanban and Search or while on a column use / to be dropped into search mode with the current column's BQL query.

Creating a View from Search Results

Use ctrl+s from search mode to save the BQL query to a new or existing view.

  1. Press ctrl+space from kanban mode, or / from a column to pre-fill its BQL query
  2. Type a BQL query in the search input
  3. Navigate results with j/k, switch between the list and details with h/l

Saving Searches

Press ctrl+s to save the current search as a column in a new or existing view. This lets you build kanban boards from your most-used queries.

Keybindings

Key Action
/ Focus search input
Enter Execute query / Edit field
h Move to results list
l Move to details panel
j / k Navigate results
y Copy issue ID
s Change status
p Change priority
ctrl+s Save search as column
ctrl+e Edit issue
Esc Exit to kanban mode

Search Examples

# Find critical bugs
type = bug and priority = P0

# Ready work excluding backlog
status = open and ready = true and label not in (backlog)

# Recently updated high-priority items
priority <= P1 and updated >= -24h order by updated desc

# Search by title
title ~ authentication or title ~ login

# Epic with its full hierarchy
type = epic expand down depth *

See the BQL Reference for the complete query language documentation.