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search_screen

All the search results for your search query will be displayed in this page.

To fetch more results, press Enter.

To search for another query, press /. The search input will be shown, where you can type your query and press Enter to load the results.

You can load/play audio and video, view links and more from this screen. Open the context menu to view the available operations.

Search Input

search_input

The search input area has the following operations:

  • Navigating search history
  • Getting Suggestions
  • Switching Search Modes
  • Setting Search Parameters

Ensure that you are in the search input area before performing these operations. To close the search input, press Escape.

History

To move back/forward in the search history, press Up/Down, like so:

search_history_navigation

Suggestions

To get suggestions for your search query, press Tab. A popup should be shown, like so:

search_suggestions

To:

  • Move up/down the search suggestions, press Ctrl+Up/Ctrl+Down
  • Select a suggestion, press Enter
  • Close the popup, press Escape

Note

While moving through the search suggestions, the search input area will be auto-filled based on which result is selected.

As demonstrated in this GIF:

search_suggestion_navigation

Modes

There are three search modes:

  • Videos
  • Playlists
  • Channels

Search modes are a way to search for a particular type of result. For example, to search for videos you would select the Videos mode, for playlists the Playlists mode and for channels the Channels mode.

To:

  • Switch search modes, press Ctrl+e
  • Search for your query within the selected mode, press Enter

As demonstrated in this GIF:

search_mode_switch

Parameters

To set search parameters press the Alt+e. A popup should be shown, like so:

search_parameters

To:

  • Switch between the parameters one field forward, press Tab, or press Shift+Tab to switch one field backward.

    • The Sort By, Duration and Date fields are dropdown lists, press Enter to show the dropdown list, press Up/Down to move up/down the dropdown list, and press Enter to select the option.
    • The Region field is an inputbox, which accepts a ISO 3166 country code (default is US).
    • The rest of the fields are checkboxes, which can be checked/unchecked to set the search features. Press Enter to toggle the selection.

  • To set the search parameters, either navigate to the “Set” button by pressing Tab and press Enter, or press Alt+e.

  • Close the popup, press Escape

As demonstrated in this GIF:

search_parameters_setting