Using the Omnibox

The Omnibox is a small textbox normally located on the main menu bar:
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It can be used to:
  1. Search your IQBase
  2. View Favorite items
  3. Open Views (i.e. Grids, Calendar, etc)
  4. Execute Commands
To activate the Omnibox you can either:
  • Click in the text box, or
  • Hit the Omnibox shortcut key (normally Ctrl+Shift+F)
As soon as the Omnibox is activated, you can start typing. As typing is done, the Omnibox dropdown portion will updated:
 
Next, either:
  • Use cursor keys to select an entry from the list and hit Enter
    • If on the first entry, the Live-Search window will open with the search results. Details here
    • Otherwise, the entry will be executed
  • Click on an entry to execute it
     
Example of use:
  • Bold items (Ctrl+F, bold, Enter)
  • Open the InBox grid (Ctrl+F, inbox, Enter)
  • View a Favorite item
  • Search your IQBase using Live-Search
Tips:
  1. You can restrict the output list to a specific type by adding a prefix:
    • /s : only do search (i.e. /s calendar to search for the word "calendar")
    • /f : only favorites
    • /v : only views (/g does the same thing)
    • /c : only commands (i.e. /c bold)
       
  2. To Filter / Search for information in the current grid, you can:
    • Filter : Grid > Column Filter > Grid Column Filter....  (Ctrl+G) is the fastest way to filter the current grid. Enter the text and enter. You can also use Column Filters. Details here
    • Search: Grid > Auto-Search (Ctrl + F3) and start typing. F3 for the next occurrence. To turn off, you can:
      • Toggle the Auto-search command (Ctrl + F3),
      • Press Escape, or
      • Start editing (F2)
  3. You can turn off sections of the Omnibox results list. Use Tools > Options > 1.3.10 (Omnibox Results include)
     
  4. The new Find / Filter dialog can also be used to find items