# Search (/docs/guides/users/search)



Two ways to find things in RyTask: the search page, and the command palette that's never
more than a keystroke away.

## What search covers [#what-search-covers]

Global search looks across:

| Kind       | What's matched                                     |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| Work items | Titles and descriptions.                           |
| Comments   | The comment text, with the matching excerpt shown. |
| Projects   | Names.                                             |
| Labels     | Names.                                             |
| People     | Members of your organization.                      |

Results are **ranked by relevance**, not just listed — a strong title match beats a passing
mention in a long description. Matching snippets are shown so you can tell results apart
without opening each one.

Search is **permission-scoped**: you only ever see results from projects you can read.
There is no way to discover the existence of an item through search that you couldn't open
directly. (Searching for people covers your organization's members — names aren't secret
within a team.)

## The command palette [#the-command-palette]

Press **Cmd+K** (Mac) or **Ctrl+K** (Windows/Linux) anywhere in the app to open the command
palette. Type to search the same scope as above and jump straight to an item, project, or
person — keyboard all the way: arrow keys to choose, Enter to go.

It's the fastest way to move around RyTask once item keys enter your muscle memory: `Cmd+K`,
`OPS-42`, Enter.

## Tips [#tips]

* Search finds words and their forms ("deploy" finds "deployed", "deploying"), and falls
  back to partial matching for short fragments like an item key.
* To narrow by assignee, label, or status instead of words, use view filters — see
  [Views and boards](/docs/guides/users/views-and-boards). Search is for *finding*,
  views are for *slicing*.