# Speed Search in tool windows

Speed Search helps you quickly find an item in a tool window: a file or a folder  in the   Project tool window  (`Alt+1` (Windows), `⌘ 1` (macOS), `⌘ 1` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ 1` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Alt+1` (XWin), `Alt+1` (GNOME), `Alt+1` (KDE), `Alt+1` (Emacs), `Alt+1` (Sublime Text), `⌘ 1` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ 1` (Xcode), `Ctrl+Alt+L` (Visual Studio), `⌘ ⌥ L` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Alt+1` (ReSharper), `⌘ 1` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Alt+X` (QtCreator), `⌃ X` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Ctrl+1` (NetBeans), `Alt+1` (Eclipse), `Alt+1` (Eclipse (macOS))) , a member in the Structure tool window,  a changelist in the  Commit tool window (`Alt+0` (Windows), `⌘ 0` (macOS), `⌘ 0` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ 0` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Alt+0` (XWin), `Alt+0` (GNOME), `Alt+0` (KDE), `Alt+0` (Emacs), `Alt+0` (Sublime Text), `⌘ 0` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ 0` (Xcode), `Alt+0` (Visual Studio), `Alt+0` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Alt+0` (ReSharper), `Alt+0` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Alt+0` (QtCreator), `⌘ 0` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Alt+0` (NetBeans), `Alt+0` (Eclipse), `⌘ 0` (Eclipse (macOS)) ) , an item in the TODO list, and so on.

Procedure:

1. Select a tool window, a tree, a list, or a popup.

2. Start typing the item name, for example, the name of a file, class, or field.  As you type, a field appears over the tool window showing the entered characters, and the selection moves to the first item that matches the specified string. The matching part of the string is highlighted.

You can use the Speed Search feature as a shortcut. Press `Ctrl+F` (Windows), `⌘ F` (macOS), `⌘ F` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ F` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+F` (XWin), `Ctrl+F` (GNOME), `Ctrl+F` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Emacs), `Ctrl+F` (Sublime Text), `⌘ F` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⌘ F` (Xcode), `Ctrl+F` (Visual Studio), `⌘ F` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+F` (ReSharper), `⌘ F` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Ctrl+F` (QtCreator), `⌘ F` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Ctrl+F` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+F` (Eclipse), `Ctrl+F` (Eclipse (macOS)).

![Speed Search in a tool window](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/cl_speed_search.png)

3. If several items match the pattern, use the `Up` (Windows), `↑` (macOS), `↑` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `↑` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Up` (XWin), `Up` (GNOME), `Up` (KDE), `Up` (Emacs), `Up` (Sublime Text), `↑` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `↑` (Xcode), `Up` (Visual Studio), `↑` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Up` (ReSharper), `↑` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Up` (QtCreator), `↑` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Up` (NetBeans), `Up` (Eclipse), `↑` (Eclipse (macOS)) and `Down` (Windows), `↓` (macOS), `↓` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `↓` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Down` (XWin), `Down` (GNOME), `Down` (KDE), `Down` (Emacs), `Down` (Sublime Text), `↓` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `↓` (Xcode), `Down` (Visual Studio), `↓` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Down` (ReSharper), `↓` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Down` (QtCreator), `↓` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Down` (NetBeans), `Down` (Eclipse), `↓` (Eclipse (macOS)) keys to move between them. Press `Enter` (Windows), `⏎` (macOS), `⏎` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⏎` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Enter` (XWin), `Enter` (GNOME), `Enter` (KDE), `Enter` (Emacs), `Enter` (Sublime Text), `⏎` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⏎` (Xcode), `Enter` (Visual Studio), `⏎` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Enter` (ReSharper), `⏎` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Enter` (QtCreator), `⏎` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Enter` (NetBeans), `Enter` (Eclipse), `⏎` (Eclipse (macOS)) to open the selected item. Press `Escape` (Windows), `⎋` (macOS), `⎋` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⎋` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Escape` (XWin), `Escape` (GNOME), `Escape` (KDE), `Escape, Escape` (Emacs), `Escape` (Sublime Text), `⎋` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `⎋` (Xcode), `Escape` (Visual Studio), `⎋` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Escape` (ReSharper), `⎋` (ReSharper (macOS)), `Escape` (QtCreator), `⎋` (QtCreator (macOS)), `Escape` (NetBeans), `Escape` (Eclipse), `⎋` (Eclipse (macOS)) to hide the search field.

> **Note:**
> Speed Search works only for expanded nodes. It will not highlight matching items in collapsed nodes.