Searching the admin (Ctrl + K)
Find a setting, a page or a record without browsing the menu: open the search from any page of the admin, type a few letters, then open the result with Enter. When empty, the same window shows your recent pages and quick actions.
The ATS has its own search (candidates, jobs, clients, contacts): see Global search. The admin’s search looks for admin settings, pages and records.
Opening and closing the search
- The Search button in the header, which shows your computer’s shortcut.
- Ctrl + K (Windows) or ⌘ K (Mac), from any page — even while you are typing in a field.
- To close: Esc, a click outside the window, or the shortcut again.
The empty window: recents and quick actions
With no text, the window offers:
- Recently viewed — the pages and records you opened recently (kept in your browser);
- Quick actions, filtered by your permissions: Invite a user, New email template, New job template, New SMS template, New survey, New security group, Import users, New document. An action opens the right page with the creation panel already open.
What the search covers
Type at least 3 characters. Results arrive as soon as you stop typing, in groups, with at most 5 results per group.
- Settings and pages — every admin page and its sections. Type “automatic closure”: the result opens ATS settings › Job › Automation and highlights the right section.
- Records — Users, Security groups, Entities, Email templates, SMS templates, Job templates and Surveys. Each row shows the record type (for example “Security group · 12 permissions”) and an inactive user is flagged.
- Help — a link to the matching help page, when there is one.
Accents and capitals do not matter, and the words you typed appear in bold. A group only appears if you have permission to see those records (for example, users require the user-management permission), and the pages of a module (ATS, CRM, HRIS) only appear if your account has it.
With the keyboard
| Key | Effect |
|---|---|
| ↑ and ↓ | Move through the results |
| Enter | Open the selected result |
| Ctrl / ⌘ + Enter | Open the result in a new tab |
| Esc | Close the search |
If you have unsaved changes on the current page, opening a result first raises the usual Leave without saving? question (see How the admin works).