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Searching for tasks, To-Do lists or comments

Search in Freelo is a very powerful tool. In the upper right part of the blue bar, you can find a magnifying glass icon for searching.

The Search tool is in the upper blue bar in Freelo.
The Search tool is in the upper blue bar in Freelo.

If the entered text matches tasks, projects, or users, the search offers those items. It’s very fast.

What can you search for?

TIP: Recently visited tasks

A very useful help when switching between a couple of tasks during the day. If you click the search icon, you can see the list of Last visited tasks. It helps to go back and forth between a few tasks, without typing or searching for anything.

Suggestions

You can type a part of the sub/task or project name in the search box and the corresponding items appear in the suggestions.

Example of suggestions in Freelo.
Example of suggestions in Freelo.

Breadcrumbs navigation

Are you searching for a task or subtask? There is a breadcrumb navigation to help you around. The navigation appears in the following order Project > To-Do list > Task.

Search quickly using a keyboard shortcut

This keyboard shortcut Alt/Option + Shift + F is really fast. It brings up a Search box that automatically displays the last visited sub/tasks, and can suggest names of projects, tasks, and other content.

You can quickly move around the search via the keyboard:

  • up and down arrows ↑↓ – move to the desired sub/task
  • Q – open sub/task via modal window
  • Esc – exit the modal window of the sub/task
  • Enter – open sub/task detail
Example of work with search via keyboard.
Example of work with search via keyboard.

Last visited tasks

When you click the magnifying glass icon in the upper blue bar and write nothing, there appears a list of Last visited tasks and subtasks. It’s a cool thing to do and saves some time.

List of Last visited tasks in Freelo.
List of Last visited tasks in Freelo.

Switch between the tasks/subtasks you’re currently working on. In the breadcrumb navigation, you can see where the task or subtask is located.

Search page/results

The search results page helps you to specify what you’re looking for. Click the magnifying glass icon in the search box to get on the search page.

Go to the search page.
Go to the search page.
Search page in Freelo.
Search page in Freelo.

We search through these items in full text:

  • Projects
  • Templates
  • To-Do lists
  • Tasks
  • Subtasks (smart and simple)
  • Comments
  • Notes
  • Files
  • Users

Our search engine is also searching for broad matches. Freelo suggests similar results.

Search result page with filters.
Search result page with filters.

And for more precise results, click on Advanced search. More filters will expand.

In Advanced search, you can filter by search result type, language or deadline.
In Advanced search, you can filter by search result type, language or deadline.

Use filters

You can use filters regarding the author of the comment/task or a specific project, where the task or subtask is placed.

The filter can be:

  • Authors
  • Solvers
  • Projects (also templates)
  • Status
  • Type
  • Language – English, Czech
  • Scope of task deadline
Updated on 29.9.2023

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