Content Finder

#Overview

Beta release

This feature is not currently available to all projects.

Content Finder lets you quickly search across all content in your environment, including text fields in models and nested components. The Content Finder search shows a list of all content entries in your environment that match the search terms, listing the most relevant ones at the top, while searching through Single Line, Multi-Line, Markdown, and RichText fields.

#Using Content Finder

When you use the search at the top of the app navigation or use the Command Menu (CMD+K) in Hygraph, you'll have the option to search inside the content using Content Finder.

Click Search at the top of the app navigation or open the Command Menu with CMD+K (or CTRL+K in Windows).
Type keywords in the search field and click enter.
Select a content entry from the results list to access it in the Content Editor.

Content Finder usage example

The results list shows the top-matching content entries at the top, and you can access any of them with a click. If you need to access another content entry that has the specified search term, click Search or open the Command Menu to view the search results again.

Pro Tip

Content Finder's search index refreshes when you make content or schema changes, ensuring the search results are always up-to-date.
Content Finder supports Single-Line, Multi-Line, Markdown, and Rich Text fields.

Content Finder will search all supported fields, not just the title:

Content Finder search results

It helps editors easily identify the content entry they're looking for.

Did you open the wrong content entry?

The Command Menu - where you will find the Content Finder feature - keeps your results until you start a new search, so you can open it again and continue looking through your results list.

#Search results & permissions

Content Finder shows results depending on the permissions the user has. For instance, if an Editor only has READ permissions for two models, the search results will only show those two models.

However, conditional permissions are not yet supported, and will not be supported throughout the Beta.

#Content Finder limitations

Content Finder has the following limitations during Beta:

Content Finder only supports exact matches. For instance, if you look for “portrait” rather than “portraits”, only results with the word “portrait” in them will display.
Content Finder shows a maximum of 20 results at a time. You need to click Load more to see additional results.
Custom roles with conditional content permissions cannot search through models where conditions apply. They can only search models where they have unconditional read access. System roles (Admins, Developers, Editors, Contributors) can search across all models, as they have full read access to all entries.