# Search

> Find boards, cards, descriptions and comments across all boards you can access – press / or ⌘K (Ctrl+K) anywhere in Contals.

Source: https://contals.com/docs/en/finding/search/  
Last updated: 2026-10-15

Press `/` or `⌘K` (Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux) anywhere in Contals to search. The search finds boards, cards, descriptions, comments and pages across every board you have access to – and nothing else.

## Quick search in the header

1. Press `/` or `⌘K`, or click the search field at the top.
2. Type a few letters. Results appear grouped as **Boards**, **Cards** and **Pages**.
3. Use the arrow keys ↑ ↓ to pick a result and Enter to open it. Escape closes the search.

Cards open with their details in the sidebar, on the right board.

## The search page

For longer result lists, open **Search** from the menu. It searches card titles, descriptions and comments and shows the board each card belongs to.

## What is searched

- All boards you can open – in every workspace you belong to.
- Card titles, descriptions, comments and text custom fields; board titles.
- Card numbers: type `GEM-12` to open that card – also with an earlier key of the board, after a card moved to another
  board, and on boards that hide card numbers (see [board settings](/docs/en/settings/board/#card-numbers)).
- Archived cards are not shown.

## Search operators

Add operators to the search words to narrow the results, also without any words:

| Operator | Finds cards … |
|---|---|
| `#Label` or `label:Label` | with this label (by name, on every board) |
| `@me`, `@nobody` | assigned to you / to nobody |
| `due:overdue`, `due:today`, `due:week`, `due:nextweek`, `due:none` | by due date |
| `is:open`, `is:done`, `is:stale`, `is:archived` | by status (`is:stale`: open cards without activity for their board's stale setting) |
| `Field:value` | whose custom field matches: text contains, dropdown option, `yes`/`no` for checkboxes |
| `Field>=10`, `Field<=2026-12-31`, `Field:1..5` | in a number or date range |
| `has:Field`, `no:Field` | with or without a value in this field |

Put names with spaces in double quotes: `"Event date":2026-12-24`. On the search page, **Filter by field** adds a field operator for you. Without search words, a person, a label, a due date, a field value or a checklist item must be part of the search. To filter a single board, use the [board filter](/docs/en/boards/filters/).

Private boards you are not a member of never appear, not even as a count.

Search ignores accents and umlauts, and finds a word inside a longer one: `gelande`, `gelände` and `gelaende` all find a card called "Nachtgeländespiel", `zurich` and `zuerich` find "Zürich". In the search box in the header, **Escape** empties the search; it is empty again on every new page.

## My cards

**My cards** (in the menu) lists every card assigned to you across all boards, and in a second section the **Checklist items** assigned to you (open ones first, by due date). "My cards" always means the cards assigned to you – on this page, in the workspace dashboard and in a board's **My cards** tab. Cards you created that nobody is assigned to yet follow in a section of their own, **Created by you, not assigned yet**. Use the page as your personal to-do list – the cards stay on their team boards, nothing is copied. In the [simple view](/docs/en/settings/simple-view/) it is called **My tasks**.

> **Note:**
>
> Search results come from a central index that is updated a moment after a change. A card created a second ago may take a moment to show up.