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[FEATURE]: Implement message search (Cmd+F / Ctrl+F) in the Desktop App #19143
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Currently, there is no way to quickly locate specific information within a long session in the desktop app. Users have to manually scroll through history to find specific keywords or previous instructions, which is inefficient for long-running threads.
It would be very helpful to have a "Find" functionality implemented for the desktop app, triggered by the standard Cmd+F (macOS) or Ctrl+F (Windows/Linux) shortcuts.
Key features should probably include:
- A search bar overlay that appears upon using the shortcut
- Text highlighting for all matches within the currently opened session
- Automatic scrolling to the nearest occurrence if none are currently visible
- "Next" and "Previous" navigation to jump between matches
I am aware of issue #4714, which tracks this same functionality for the TUI. I think it makes sense to track the desktop app's implementation independently.
Reacted by Mehdi, polvila-scopely, Sazid052, Arthur Khashaev, Vlad Startsev, Chitral Verma, suse-coder, Ionatan Wiznia, Toni M. Brotons, Mykola Vasilaki and 5 more
Reacted by John Lord-Benigno
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github-actions commentedon Mar 25, 2026
This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:
For keybind-related issues, please also check our pinned keybinds documentation: #4997
Mehdi-afs commentedon May 6, 2026
Please add this to the desktop app, it would be highly useful
The search function for earlier messages is good, but the ideal would be to see the list of my questions, summarised in 7, 8 words and select from them, the way we select
/sessions, I think AI can easily summarise each of my questions in few words and store it with the whole questionliuyier commentedon Jun 9, 2026
请问，这个功能什么时候可以上线
tianxieyangzhe commentedon Jul 1, 2026
请问，这个功能什么时候可以上线,desktop具备该功能的快捷键,但是无效
heyonghau commentedon Jul 10, 2026
if possible, I hope also search function is enable on web. while opening web on browse, I can use browse's search, but when message out of the screen, search is disable.
liudongyan13701205717-source commentedon Aug 9, 2026
Related follow-up for anyone tracking this issue: I just filed #41354 — "Search across my message history to quickly locate past conversations/content".
Short version:
Ctrl+Fhere solves "find in the session I'm looking at", but with hundreds of sessions across many projects, the recurring problem is finding which session contains a phrase I typed weeks ago ("what did I tell the agent before"). No content search over the session store exists today — the only workaround is recalling the approximate title and scrolling.A cross-session search (user messages, filterable by project/date, results jump into the matched session) is the natural complement to this issue — and if/when this in-session Find lands, the cross-session results can reuse it to scroll straight to the matched message. Just adding that context here for whoever picks this up.
liudongyan13701205717-source commentedon Aug 15, 2026
Cross-link with #41354 (search across message history) — complementary: #19143 = in-session find, #41354 = cross-session history search. Both serve "locate what I told opencode before". +1, still relevant.
xiangdongbu commentedon Aug 20, 2026
能不能速度更新下这个功能
iwiznia commentedon Aug 25, 2026
I took the liberty to create a PR to implement this feature. I know the CONTRIBUTING.md says I require core-team design approval before opening a UI feature PR, but maybe it's easier to get approval with a working PR: #45037
neriousy commentedon Oct 19, 2026
This is implemented in v2, since v2.0.0: Cmd+F on macOS or Ctrl+F on Windows/Linux opens in-session search, highlights matches, and lets you navigate between them. Update the desktop app to v2 to use it. If you still see this on v2, please open a new issue with the details.