Navigating and searching
Open an address, move through history, search within the page, and turn typed text into a search on the chosen engine.
Open an address
- Open the project’s Browser screen.
- Use the address bar in the toolbar.
- Type the address and confirm.
The bar accepts http(s) addresses and also local file paths. Everything that enters here is external content seen inside the app — treat the open page as you would treat it in an ordinary browser.
Back, forward and reload
- Back and forward move through the tab’s history.
- Reload fetches the current page again.
All three exist in the toolbar and in the page’s context menu — including over the page itself, when you want to reload without hunting for the button.
Forward exists only in the full command set: if you cannot find it on a surface, it remains available from the command line.
Address or search
The same bar does both:
- If what you typed is an address, it navigates.
- If it is not, the text becomes a search on the engine configured in Settings → Browser.
The search engine is your preference, not the project’s. One of the supported engines requires you to provide your account’s session link to work.
As you type, the bar shows suggestions of destinations.
Search within the page
The in-page search is local to the open tab: it highlights occurrences in the content and lets you jump between them.
- The shortcut is captured when focus is on the page — that is, it applies to the page, not to the whole app.
- The search bar has next, previous and close.
- While a tab is being torn down, the search is best-effort and may not highlight: that is a transition state, not a defect in the content.
Difference between the two searches
| Search | Where it looks |
|---|---|
| Address bar | On the internet, through the configured engine |
| Search within the page | Only in the text of the page already open |
On the command line
Navigating, going back, going forward, reloading and waiting for page conditions have their own commands, useful for automation. See Automation: navigation and reading.