# Sorter/menu item search hotkey?

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/sorter-menu-item-search-hotkey/51255>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Created:** [October 23, 2019, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/sorter-menu-item-search-hotkey/51255 "2019-10-23T07:06:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pompilius](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@pompilius](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/pompilius)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/sorter-menu-item-search-hotkey/51255/1 "2019-10-23T07:06:47Z")

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Is there a way to activate the default search view in the menu extra using a hotkey? There are hotkey settings for taking new notes/copy selection/clipping, but not for simply bringing up the global search, which would be useful.

![01](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/2/23d65af3d7fcca423232d535da1c8ffec2499c50.png)

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 7:09am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/sorter-menu-item-search-hotkey/51255/2 "2019-10-23T07:09:00Z")

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Not yet but noted.

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**Author:** ![pompilius](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@pompilius](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/pompilius)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/sorter-menu-item-search-hotkey/51255/3 "2019-10-23T07:29:31Z")

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Thanks @cgrunenberg 🙂