How do I search across Visualist?

Last verified 5 August 2026
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The short version

Open global search with `Cmd+K` on macOS or `Ctrl+K` elsewhere. Search by text, image, or color, combine conditions, and use the keyboard to move through and open results.

Global search reaches across your workspace, so you can find something without remembering where you put it. It covers Hubs, folders, images, products, designs, palettes, Notes, Comments, messages, action items, and Drive.

Search across your workspace

  1. Open search. Press Cmd+K on macOS or Ctrl+K on another platform to open global search across everything you have access to.
  2. Choose how to search. Search by text to match words, by image to find visually similar pictures, or by color to find images built around a particular shade.
  3. Combine conditions. Add and, or, and not groups to narrow things down, for example a color paired with a keyword, minus a hub you want to exclude.
  4. Move through the results. Use Arrow Up and Arrow Down to move between results. Home and End jump to the first or last result. Press Enter to open the selected result.

What search covers

A single search looks through Hubs, folders, images, products, designs, palettes, Notes, Comments, messages, action items, and Drive. A half-remembered Note and a file shared in a message can appear in the same results.

Good to know

Image search finds visual matches even when the file names differ. Drop in a reference and Visualist returns the closest matches from your library.

To go deeper on visual search, see How do I search my library? and How do I search my library by color?.

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