Octarine
Core Concepts

Workspace Search

Quickly find and navigate to any note in your workspace

Workspace Search helps you find notes instantly by searching through titles, content, and tags. Located at the top of the sidebar, just below the workspace selector, it's always within reach.

  • Click the search field in the sidebar, or
  • Press Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + F from anywhere

How It Works

As you type, results appear in real time. Click any result to open the note—Octarine will automatically launch in-file search with your query, highlighting all matches within the document.

Search options:

  • Full-text search — Search across note titles and content
  • Tag search — Use hashtags to filter by tags (e.g., #project)
  • Regex — Enable regular expressions for advanced pattern matching
  • Match word — Restrict results to complete word matches (compatible with regex)
  • Match case — Enable case-sensitive matching (compatible with regex)
  • Search in — Narrow your search to specific areas like Daily Desk or Templates

Understanding Results

Results display the note title with matching terms highlighted, along with a content preview showing where your query appears. Opening a result preserves your search filters, so in-file search continues with the same criteria.

Keyboard navigation:

  • ↑ ↓ — Move through results
  • Enter — Open selected note
  • Escape — Clear search and dismiss results