Platform
Command-K. Found it.
A global command palette and search across your whole workspace. Hit command-K anywhere and jump straight to the room, page, or thing you need.
The more your team puts into a workspace, the more finding things matters. Openbook's answer is the keyboard shortcut you already know: hit command-K from anywhere and search across the workspace. Type a few characters, hit enter, and you're there.
Because it's global, it works the same in every room: from a chat channel, a doc, a board, or the feed. One shortcut, one search box, the whole workspace behind it. Your hands never leave the keyboard, and the sidebar spelunking stops.
What you get
Everything inside Command Search
Global reach
One search across your workspace, not a different search box with different rules in every room.
Command-K anywhere
The same shortcut works on every page. Muscle memory does the navigating for you.
Keyboard-first
Search, arrow, enter. Getting anywhere in the workspace takes seconds and zero mouse.
A command palette, too
It's not just search; it's a command palette, the fast lane for getting around Openbook.
Scales with your workspace
Seventeen room types and unlimited rooms only work if retrieval is instant. This is what makes big workspaces navigable.
Complements room search
Rooms like Docs and Q&A have their own inline search and filters; command-K is the layer that spans them all.
Made for moments like these
- Jump from a chat conversation straight to the board card being discussed
- Pull up the onboarding doc during a call without touching the mouse
- Find the right room in a space with thirty of them
- Get new hires navigating the workspace on day one with one shortcut
One less tool to pay for
Teams typically use Command Search to replace:
See how Openbook stacks up in our comparison guides.
FAQ
Common questions
What does command-K search cover?+
It's global: it searches across your Openbook workspace, so you can reach rooms and content from anywhere without knowing where things live in the sidebar. It works the same on every page.
Does it work inside every room?+
Yes. The shortcut is available everywhere in Openbook, so whether you're in chat, a doc, or a board, command-K opens the same palette and takes you where you're going.
How is this different from a room's own search?+
Room-level search, like inline search in Docs or filters in Q&A, digs deep within one room. Command-K spans the workspace, built for jumping between things fast. Use both: command-K to get to the room, room search to get to the detail.
Is command search included in the free plan?+
Yes. Global command-K search is a core part of the platform, available on every plan, including free.
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