Filtering the sidebar

When you have many projects and sidebar items, the sidebar filter helps you find what you need quickly by name.

Opening the filter#

Press \ (backslash) with the sidebar focused and no overlay open. The filter input at the top of the sidebar receives focus.

The filter input is controlled by Show filter input in Settings -> Sidebar. When that setting is off, the input is hidden and any active filter is cleared.

How filtering works#

As you type in the filter input:

• Solo evaluates names and titles across every project in the sidebar.
• A matching command or terminal row is shown only while its project and its Commands or Terminals section are expanded.
• A matching agent row is shown only while its project, its Agents section, and every parent-agent row are expanded.
• Matching active todos and unarchived scratchpads also require their Show in sidebar settings, an expanded project and section, and a place within the configured inline preview.
• Non-matching items are hidden.
• If a project name matches, its eligible children do not also need to match by name, but the same final visibility gates still apply.
• A project header remains for a matching project or eligible result. Its matching section headers appear only while that project is expanded.

Filtering is case-insensitive and matches on any part of the name. Partial matches work fine.

Example#

If you have three projects each with a dev command, typing dev searches all three. A matching command appears under its project only while that project and its Commands section are expanded.

If you type worker, only matching rows that pass the visibility gates above appear.

Clearing the filter#

• Press Escape while the filter input is focused to clear the filter and blur the input.
• Or clear the text manually.

When the filter is cleared, the ordinary sidebar returns. Rows remain subject to Show in sidebar settings, Todo and Scratchpad preview limits, collapsed projects and sections, and collapsed parent agents. Stopped lesser-used commands remain hidden until their group is expanded.

Filter input visibility setting#

In Settings -> Sidebar, the Show filter input option controls whether the filter input is available:

• Off — the filter input is hidden and the filter is cleared.
• On — the filter input is shown at the top of the sidebar and can be focused with \.

Use cases#

• Finding an item when you can't remember which project it's in.
• Comparing similar commands across projects — e.g., seeing all "test" commands side by side.
• Quick navigation without reaching for the mouse when you know the name.

For even faster navigation, quick jump lets you jump directly to projects, process rows, and available section headers. To find a Todo or Scratchpad, choose that project's Search todos or Search scratchpads entry, then type to select the item. Use quick jump's current shortcut; it defaults to Cmd+E on macOS and Ctrl+E on Windows and Linux, and it can be changed or disabled in Settings > Hotkeys.