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Universal Search

The search box in the top bar searches across your entire account at once — tasks, projects, areas, notes, and tags — with filters you can layer on and save for later.

Searching​

Click the search field in the top bar to open the results dropdown. Type to search by name and content; results are grouped by type (Tasks, Projects, Areas, Notes, Tags) and update as you type.

Clicking a result takes you straight to it — a task opens its detail page, a project opens its detail page, an area opens the projects list filtered to that area, and so on.

Filters​

Narrow results with filter chips for:

  • Type — Task, Project, Area, Note (Tags are always included and have no chip of their own)
  • Priority — Low, Medium, High
  • Due — today, tomorrow, next week, next month
  • Defer — same date ranges, applied to defer-until (tasks only)
  • Tags — pick from your existing tags
  • Extras — task-specific flags: overdue, has notes, deferred, has tags, assigned to a project, and recurring

Filters combine — for example, Priority: High + Due: today + Tags: work.

Saving a Search as a View​

Once you've built a filter you like, click Save as Smart View, give it a name, and it becomes a permanent entry under Views — reopen it anytime without re-entering the filters. tududi shows a confirmation with a direct link to the new view.

API Reference​

GET /api/search?q=...&filters=Task,Project&priority=high&due=today&tags=work&extras=overdue

Returns:

{
  "results": [
    { "type": "Task", "id": 1, "uid": "...", "name": "...", "priority": 2 },
    { "type": "Project", "id": 2, "uid": "...", "name": "..." }
  ]
}

Add limit and offset to paginate; the response then includes a pagination object with total, hasMore, and the current window.

  • Views - Reopening a saved search
  • Tags - How tags work as a filter

Technical Implementation Files:

  • Search module: /backend/modules/search/
  • Search UI: /frontend/components/UniversalSearch/