refactor(finder): improve feature UX

Search every text field with optional filters, keep result selection stable, and expose clearer match context and counts. Cover query parsing, matching, mixed-entry indexing, and the reveal flow.

apps/client/src/common/components/buttons/ToggleButton.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { ComponentProps } from 'react';
+
+import Button from './Button';
+
+type ToggleButtonProps = Omit<ComponentProps<typeof Button>, 'variant'> & {
+  /** whether the option this button controls is currently on */
+  pressed: boolean;
+};
+
+/**
+ * A button which carries an on / off state.
+ *
+ * Keeps the pressed styling and the accessible state together, so that a toggle
+ * cannot end up looking active without also announcing that it is.
+ */
+export default function ToggleButton({ pressed, ...buttonProps }: ToggleButtonProps) {
+  return <Button variant={pressed ? 'primary' : 'subtle'} aria-pressed={pressed} {...buttonProps} />;
+}

apps/client/src/features/log/Log.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import { IoClose } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
 import Button from '../../common/components/buttons/Button';
+import ToggleButton from '../../common/components/buttons/ToggleButton';
 import { clearLogs, useLogData } from '../../common/stores/logger';
 import { cx } from '../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import * as Panel from '../app-settings/panel-utils/PanelUtils';
@@ -55,72 +56,66 @@ export default function Log() {
     <div className={cx([style.container, isExtracted && style.extracted])}>
       <Panel.InlineElements className={style.buttonBar}>
         <span className={style.filterLabel}>Filter by</span>
-        <Button
-          variant={showUser ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showUser}
           size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showUser}
           aria-label={`${showUser ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.User} events`}
           onClick={() => setShowUser((s) => !s)}
           onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.User)}
           onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
         >
           {LogOrigin.User}
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant={showClient ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        </ToggleButton>
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showClient}
           size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showClient}
           aria-label={`${showClient ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.Client} events`}
           onClick={() => setShowClient((s) => !s)}
           onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.Client)}
           onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
         >
           {LogOrigin.Client}
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant={showServer ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        </ToggleButton>
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showServer}
           size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showServer}
           aria-label={`${showServer ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.Server} events`}
           onClick={() => setShowServer((s) => !s)}
           onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.Server)}
           onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
         >
           {LogOrigin.Server}
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant={showPlayback ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        </ToggleButton>
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showPlayback}
           size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showPlayback}
           aria-label={`${showPlayback ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.Playback} events`}
           onClick={() => setShowPlayback((s) => !s)}
           onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.Playback)}
           onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
         >
           {LogOrigin.Playback}
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant={showRx ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        </ToggleButton>
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showRx}
           size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showRx}
           aria-label={`${showRx ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.Rx} events`}
           onClick={() => setShowRx((s) => !s)}
           onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.Rx)}
           onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
         >
           {LogOrigin.Rx}
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          variant={showTx ? 'primary' : 'subtle'}
+        </ToggleButton>
+        <ToggleButton
+          pressed={showTx}
           size='small'
-          aria-pressed={showTx}
           aria-label={`${showTx ? 'Hide' : 'Show'} ${LogOrigin.Tx} events`}
           onClick={() => setShowTx((s) => !s)}
           onAuxClick={() => disableOthers(LogOrigin.Tx)}
           onContextMenu={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
         >
           {LogOrigin.Tx}
-        </Button>
+        </ToggleButton>
         <Button variant='subtle-destructive' size='small' onClick={clearLogs} className={style.apart}>
           <IoClose /> Clear
         </Button>

apps/client/src/features/rundown/placements/FinderPlacement.tsx

@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ export default memo(FinderPlacement);
 function FinderPlacement() {
   const [isOpen, handler] = useDisclosure();
 
-  useHotkeys([
-    ['mod + f', handler.toggle, { preventDefault: true }],
-    ['Escape', handler.close, { preventDefault: true }],
-  ]);
+  /**
+   * The empty tagsToIgnore is significant: by default the hook skips input elements,
+   * which would make the shortcut dead while editing an entry.
+   *
+   * This opens rather than toggles. Toggling on a key that also mounts and unmounts the
+   * dialog races against it, and browsers treat a repeated find shortcut as "focus the
+   * search again" rather than "close it". The finder selects its input instead, and
+   * Escape closes.
+   */
+  useHotkeys([['mod + f', handler.open, { preventDefault: true }]], []);
 
   if (isOpen) {
     return <Finder isOpen={isOpen} onClose={handler.close} />;

apps/client/src/features/rundown/rundown-event/RundownEvent.tsx

@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ export default function RundownEvent({
       onClick={handleFocusClick}
       onContextMenu={onContextMenu}
       data-testid='rundown-event'
+      data-selected={isSelected}
       {...(isPlaying ? { 'data-running': true } : {})}
     >
       <RundownIndicators timeStart={timeStart} delay={delay} gap={gap} isNextDay={isNextDay} />

apps/client/src/views/editor/finder/Finder.module.scss

@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 .error {
   padding-inline: 0.5rem;
   font-size: 1rem;
-  height: 3rem;
+  // rows grow when a match is shown from a note or custom field
+  min-height: 3rem;
+  padding-block: 0.35rem;
 
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
 }
 
 .entry[data-selected='true'] {
@@ -18,21 +21,47 @@
   color: $label-gray;
 }
 
+.more {
+  padding-inline: 0.5rem;
+  padding-block: 0.75rem;
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
+  color: $label-gray;
+  border-top: 1px solid $gray-1000;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
 .error {
   color: $error-red;
 }
 
+.filters {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+  padding-top: 0.75rem;
+}
+
+.filterLabel {
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+  color: $label-gray;
+  margin-right: 0.15rem;
+}
+
 .data {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-areas:
     'index cue'
-    'index title';
+    'index title'
+    'index match';
   column-gap: 1rem;
   grid-template-rows: min-content 1fr;
+  min-width: 0;
 
   .index {
     grid-area: index;
-    background-color: var(--color, $gray-1000);
+    // background and text colour come from getAccessibleColour, which keeps the
+    // number legible whatever colour the user gave the entry
     border-radius: 2px;
     padding-block: 0.25rem;
     width: 3.5rem;
@@ -42,14 +71,33 @@
 
   .title {
     grid-area: title;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
   }
 
   .cue {
     grid-area: cue;
     font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
     color: $label-gray;
-    max-height: 1em;
     min-height: 0;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+
+  .match {
+    grid-area: match;
+    font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+    color: $label-gray;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+
+  .matchLabel {
+    color: $ui-white;
+    margin-right: 0.4rem;
   }
 }
 
@@ -63,13 +111,14 @@
   color: $label-gray;
 }
 
-.filterHint {
+.count {
   text-align: right;
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
-.em {
-  color: $ui-white;
-  margin-inline: 0.25rem;
+.go {
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  padding-left: 1rem;
 }
 
 .hints {
@@ -98,7 +147,7 @@
     flex-direction: column;
   }
 
-  .filterHint {
+  .count {
     text-align: left;
   }
 }

apps/client/src/views/editor/finder/Finder.tsx

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import { useDebouncedCallback } from '@mantine/hooks';
-import { SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';
-import { KeyboardEvent, useState } from 'react';
+import { MaybeString } from 'ontime-types';
+import { KeyboardEvent, useDeferredValue, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
+import ToggleButton from '../../../common/components/buttons/ToggleButton';
 import Input from '../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import Kbd from '../../../common/components/kbd/Kbd';
 import Modal from '../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
-import useFinder from './useFinder';
+import { getAccessibleColour } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
+import useFinder, { FinderResult } from './useFinder';
 
 import style from './Finder.module.scss';
 
@@ -15,46 +16,76 @@ interface FinderProps {
 }
 
 export default function Finder({ isOpen, onClose }: FinderProps) {
-  const { find, select, results, error } = useFinder();
-  const [selected, setSelected] = useState(0);
+  const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
+  const [filter, setFilter] = useState<MaybeString>(null);
+  const [selectedId, setSelectedId] = useState<MaybeString>(null);
 
-  const debouncedFind = useDebouncedCallback(find, 100);
+  /**
+   * Keeps typing responsive while the list re-renders.
+   * The search itself is cheap, rendering the results is what costs.
+   */
+  const deferredSearch = useDeferredValue(search);
+  const { select, results, error, total, filters, appliedFilter } = useFinder(deferredSearch, filter);
+
+  const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const activeRef = useRef<HTMLLIElement>(null);
+
+  /**
+   * We track the selection by ID so that it survives the result list changing under us:
+   * an entry that no longer exists falls back to the first result instead of dangling past the end
+   */
+  const activeIndex = Math.max(
+    0,
+    results.findIndex((entry) => entry.id === selectedId),
+  );
+  const activeEntry = results.at(activeIndex);
+
+  /** keep the highlighted entry in view while navigating with the keyboard */
+  useEffect(() => {
+    activeRef.current?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' });
+  }, [activeEntry?.id]);
 
   const navigate = (event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    // pressing the search shortcut again selects the query, ready to be replaced
+    if ((event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) && event.key === 'f') {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      inputRef.current?.select();
+      return;
+    }
+
     // all operations need results
     if (results.length === 0) {
       return;
     }
     if (event.key === 'ArrowDown') {
-      setSelected((prev) => (prev + 1) % results.length);
+      setSelectedId(results[(activeIndex + 1) % results.length].id);
     }
     if (event.key === 'ArrowUp') {
-      setSelected((prev) => (prev - 1 + results.length) % results.length);
+      setSelectedId(results[(activeIndex - 1 + results.length) % results.length].id);
     }
     if (event.key === 'Enter') {
       event.preventDefault();
       event.stopPropagation();
-      submit();
+      submit(activeEntry);
     }
   };
 
-  const submit = () => {
-    const selectedEvent = results[selected];
-    select(selectedEvent);
+  const submit = (entry: FinderResult | undefined) => {
+    if (!entry) {
+      return;
+    }
+    select(entry);
     onClose();
   };
 
-  const handleMouseMoveEvent = (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLUListElement>) => {
-    const target = event.target as HTMLElement;
-    const li = target.closest('li');
-    if (li) {
-      const index = Number(li.dataset.index);
-      if (!isNaN(index)) {
-        setSelected(index);
-      }
-    }
+  /** Scopes the search to a single field, or back to all fields when tapped again */
+  const handleFilter = (filterKey: string) => {
+    setFilter((previous) => (previous === filterKey ? null : filterKey));
+    inputRef.current?.focus();
   };
 
+  const hiddenResults = total - results.length;
+
   return (
     <Modal
       title=''
@@ -63,35 +94,68 @@ export default function Finder({ isOpen, onClose }: FinderProps) {
       showBackdrop
       bodyElements={
         <div onKeyDown={navigate}>
-          <Input height='large' fluid onChange={debouncedFind} placeholder='Search...' />
-          <ul className={style.scrollContainer} onMouseMove={handleMouseMoveEvent}>
+          <Input
+            ref={inputRef}
+            height='large'
+            fluid
+            autoFocus
+            value={search}
+            onChange={(event) => setSearch(event.target.value)}
+            placeholder='Search...'
+          />
+          <div className={style.filters} data-testid='finder-filters'>
+            <span className={style.filterLabel}>Filter by</span>
+            {filters.map((option) => (
+              <ToggleButton
+                key={option.key}
+                pressed={appliedFilter === option.key}
+                size='small'
+                onClick={() => handleFilter(option.key)}
+              >
+                {option.label}
+              </ToggleButton>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+          <ul className={style.scrollContainer}>
             {error && <li className={style.error}>{error}</li>}
-            {results.length === 0 && <li className={style.empty}>No results</li>}
-            {results.length > 0 &&
-              results.map((entry, index) => {
-                const isSelected = selected === index;
-                const displayIndex = entry.type === SupportedEntry.Event ? entry.eventIndex : '-';
-                const displayCue = 'cue' in entry ? entry.cue : '';
+            {!error && results.length === 0 && <li className={style.empty}>No results</li>}
+            {results.map((entry) => {
+              const isSelected = activeEntry?.id === entry.id;
+              // the title and cue are already on the row, a match anywhere else needs showing
+              const showMatch = entry.match !== null && entry.match.key !== 'title' && entry.match.key !== 'cue';
 
-                return (
-                  <li
-                    key={entry.id}
-                    className={style.entry}
-                    data-selected={isSelected}
-                    data-index={index}
-                    onClick={submit}
-                  >
-                    <div className={style.data}>
-                      <div className={style.index} style={{ '--color': entry.colour }}>
-                        {displayIndex}
-                      </div>
-                      <div className={style.cue}>{displayCue}</div>
-                      <div className={style.title}>{entry.title}</div>
+              return (
+                <li
+                  key={entry.id}
+                  ref={isSelected ? activeRef : undefined}
+                  className={style.entry}
+                  data-testid='finder-result'
+                  data-selected={isSelected}
+                  onClick={() => submit(entry)}
+                  onPointerMove={() => setSelectedId(entry.id)}
+                >
+                  <div className={style.data}>
+                    <div className={style.index} style={getAccessibleColour(entry.colour)}>
+                      {entry.eventIndex ?? '-'}
                     </div>
-                    {isSelected && <span>Go ⏎</span>}
-                  </li>
-                );
-              })}
+                    <div className={style.cue}>{entry.cue}</div>
+                    <div className={style.title}>{entry.title}</div>
+                    {showMatch && (
+                      <div className={style.match} data-testid='finder-result-match'>
+                        <span className={style.matchLabel}>{entry.match?.label}</span>
+                        {entry.match?.excerpt}
+                      </div>
+                    )}
+                  </div>
+                  {isSelected && <span className={style.go}>Go ⏎</span>}
+                </li>
+              );
+            })}
+            {hiddenResults > 0 && (
+              <li className={style.more} data-testid='finder-more'>
+                {hiddenResults} more {hiddenResults === 1 ? 'result' : 'results'} — keep typing to narrow the search
+              </li>
+            )}
           </ul>
         </div>
       }
@@ -112,10 +176,11 @@ export default function Finder({ isOpen, onClose }: FinderProps) {
               Close
             </span>
           </div>
-          <div className={style.filterHint}>
-            Filter by <span className={style.em}>cue</span>, <span className={style.em}>index</span>, or
-            <span className={style.em}>title</span>
-          </div>
+          {total > 0 && (
+            <div className={style.count} data-testid='finder-count'>
+              {hiddenResults > 0 ? `Showing ${results.length} of ${total}` : `${total} result${total === 1 ? '' : 's'}`}
+            </div>
+          )}
         </div>
       }
     />

apps/client/src/views/editor/finder/useFinder.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+import { CustomFields, OntimeDelay, OntimeEvent, OntimeGroup, OntimeMilestone, SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';
+
+import { parseQuery, searchByIndex, searchByText } from './useFinder';
+
+function makeEvent(id: string, overrides: Partial<OntimeEvent> = {}): OntimeEvent {
+  return {
+    type: SupportedEntry.Event,
+    id,
+    cue: '',
+    title: '',
+    note: '',
+    colour: '#000000',
+    custom: {},
+    parent: null,
+    ...overrides,
+  } as OntimeEvent;
+}
+
+function makeGroup(id: string, overrides: Partial<OntimeGroup> = {}): OntimeGroup {
+  return {
+    type: SupportedEntry.Group,
+    id,
+    title: '',
+    note: '',
+    colour: '#000000',
+    custom: {},
+    ...overrides,
+  } as OntimeGroup;
+}
+
+function makeMilestone(id: string, overrides: Partial<OntimeMilestone> = {}): OntimeMilestone {
+  return {
+    type: SupportedEntry.Milestone,
+    id,
+    cue: '',
+    title: '',
+    note: '',
+    colour: '#000000',
+    custom: {},
+    parent: null,
+    ...overrides,
+  } as OntimeMilestone;
+}
+
+function makeDelay(id: string): OntimeDelay {
+  return { type: SupportedEntry.Delay, id, duration: 1000, parent: null };
+}
+
+describe('parseQuery()', () => {
+  const filters = [
+    { key: 'cue', label: 'Cue' },
+    { key: 'Camera_Notes', label: 'Camera Notes' },
+  ];
+
+  it.each([
+    ['cue 12', { filterKey: 'cue', searchString: '12' }],
+    ['cue:12', { filterKey: 'cue', searchString: '12' }],
+    ['camera_notes:wide', { filterKey: 'Camera_Notes', searchString: 'wide' }],
+  ])('parses the field prefix in %s', (searchValue, expected) => {
+    expect(parseQuery(searchValue, filters)).toStrictEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps an unprefixed query as a search across all fields', () => {
+    expect(parseQuery('zebrafish', filters)).toStrictEqual({ filterKey: null, searchString: 'zebrafish' });
+  });
+
+  it('recognises a filter before any search text has been entered', () => {
+    expect(parseQuery('cue', filters)).toStrictEqual({ filterKey: 'cue', searchString: '' });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('searchByText()', () => {
+  const customFields: CustomFields = {
+    Camera_Notes: { type: 'text', label: 'Camera Notes', colour: '#000000' },
+    Slide: { type: 'image', label: 'Slide', colour: '#000000' },
+  };
+
+  it('searches cue, title, note, and text custom fields in rundown order', () => {
+    const data = [
+      makeMilestone('milestone', { cue: 'needle' }),
+      makeGroup('group', { title: 'needle' }),
+      makeEvent('note', { note: 'find the needle here' }),
+      makeEvent('custom', { custom: { Camera_Notes: 'needle' } }),
+    ];
+
+    const outcome = searchByText(data, customFields, null, 'needle');
+
+    expect(outcome.results.map(({ id, match }) => ({ id, field: match?.key }))).toStrictEqual([
+      { id: 'milestone', field: 'cue' },
+      { id: 'group', field: 'title' },
+      { id: 'note', field: 'note' },
+      { id: 'custom', field: 'Camera_Notes' },
+    ]);
+    expect(outcome.total).toBe(4);
+  });
+
+  it('searches only the selected field', () => {
+    const data = [
+      makeEvent('title', { title: 'needle' }),
+      makeEvent('note', { note: 'needle' }),
+      makeEvent('custom', { custom: { Camera_Notes: 'needle' } }),
+    ];
+
+    const outcome = searchByText(data, customFields, 'note', 'needle');
+
+    expect(outcome.results.map((result) => result.id)).toStrictEqual(['note']);
+    expect(outcome.total).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('reports the first matching field so the result can explain why it matched', () => {
+    const data = [makeEvent('event', { cue: 'NEEDLE', title: 'another needle' })];
+
+    const outcome = searchByText(data, customFields, null, 'needle');
+
+    expect(outcome.results[0].match).toStrictEqual({ key: 'cue', label: 'Cue', excerpt: 'NEEDLE' });
+  });
+
+  it('does not search image custom fields', () => {
+    const data = [makeEvent('image-only', { custom: { Slide: 'needle' } })];
+
+    expect(searchByText(data, customFields, null, 'needle')).toStrictEqual({ results: [], error: null, total: 0 });
+  });
+
+  it('reports the full match count while limiting rendered results', () => {
+    const data = Array.from({ length: 51 }, (_, index) => makeEvent(String(index), { title: 'needle' }));
+
+    const outcome = searchByText(data, customFields, null, 'needle');
+
+    expect(outcome.results).toHaveLength(50);
+    expect(outcome.total).toBe(51);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('searchByIndex()', () => {
+  it('counts only events while preserving the flat rundown position', () => {
+    const data = [
+      makeGroup('group'),
+      makeDelay('delay'),
+      makeEvent('first'),
+      makeMilestone('milestone'),
+      makeEvent('second'),
+    ];
+
+    const outcome = searchByIndex(data, '2');
+
+    expect(outcome.results).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(outcome.results[0]).toMatchObject({ id: 'second', index: 4, eventIndex: 2 });
+    expect(outcome.total).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it.each(['0', 'not-a-number'])('rejects invalid index %s', (index) => {
+    expect(searchByIndex([makeEvent('event')], index)).toStrictEqual({
+      results: [],
+      error: 'Invalid index',
+      total: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns no result when the event index is beyond the rundown', () => {
+    expect(searchByIndex([makeEvent('event')], '2')).toStrictEqual({ results: [], error: null, total: 0 });
+  });
+});

apps/client/src/views/editor/finder/useFinder.tsx

@@ -1,239 +1,259 @@
-import { EntryId, MaybeString, SupportedEntry, isOntimeEvent, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
-import { ChangeEvent, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import {
+  CustomFields,
+  EntryId,
+  MaybeNumber,
+  MaybeString,
+  OntimeEntry,
+  OntimeEvent,
+  OntimeGroup,
+  OntimeMilestone,
+  isOntimeDelay,
+  isOntimeEvent,
+} from 'ontime-types';
+import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 
+import useCustomFields from '../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
 import { useFlatRundown } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
 import { useSelectAndRevealEntry } from '../../../features/rundown/useSelectAndRevealEntry';
 
-const maxResults = 12;
+/** How many results we render, the total number of matches is reported separately */
+const maxResults = 50;
+/** Notes can hold a whole script, we only show enough to explain the match */
+const excerptPadding = 40;
 
-type FilterableGroup = {
-  type: SupportedEntry.Group;
-  id: EntryId;
-  index: number;
-  title: string;
-  colour: string;
-};
+const indexFilter = 'index';
 
-type FilterableEvent = {
-  type: SupportedEntry.Event;
+/** Everything except delays, which carry no text to search */
+type SearchableEntry = OntimeEvent | OntimeGroup | OntimeMilestone;
+
+type FinderFilter = { key: string; label: string };
+
+/**
+ * Offered to the user as filter badges. Index is a positional lookup rather than a
+ * text field, so it is handled separately from the fields a search runs over.
+ */
+const staticFilters: FinderFilter[] = [
+  { key: indexFilter, label: 'Index' },
+  { key: 'cue', label: 'Cue' },
+  { key: 'title', label: 'Title' },
+  { key: 'note', label: 'Note' },
+];
+
+/** Why an entry matched, so the UI can show the user */
+type FinderMatch = { key: string; label: string; excerpt: string };
+
+export type FinderResult = {
   id: EntryId;
+  /** position in the flat rundown, which is how the rundown reveals an entry */
   index: number;
-  eventIndex: number;
+  /** 1-based position among events, null for groups and milestones */
+  eventIndex: MaybeNumber;
   title: string;
+  /** groups have no cue */
   cue: string;
   colour: string;
   parent: MaybeString;
+  /** absent when the entry was found by index rather than by matching text */
+  match: FinderMatch | null;
 };
 
-type FilterableMilestone = {
-  type: SupportedEntry.Milestone;
-  id: EntryId;
-  index: number;
-  title: string;
-  cue: string;
-  colour: string;
-  parent: MaybeString;
-};
+type SearchOutcome = { results: FinderResult[]; error: MaybeString; total: number };
 
-type FilterableEntry = FilterableGroup | FilterableEvent | FilterableMilestone;
+const noResults: SearchOutcome = { results: [], error: null, total: 0 };
 
-export default function useFinder() {
+/** Groups are the only searchable entry with neither a cue nor a parent */
+function toResult(entry: SearchableEntry, index: number, eventIndex: MaybeNumber, match: FinderMatch | null) {
+  return {
+    id: entry.id,
+    index,
+    eventIndex,
+    title: entry.title,
+    cue: 'cue' in entry ? entry.cue : '',
+    colour: entry.colour,
+    parent: 'parent' in entry ? entry.parent : null,
+    match,
+  } satisfies FinderResult;
+}
+
+/** Shows enough of a long value for the user to see why it matched */
+function makeExcerpt(value: string, matchIndex: number, searchLength: number): string {
+  const start = Math.max(0, matchIndex - excerptPadding);
+  const end = Math.min(value.length, matchIndex + searchLength + excerptPadding);
+  return `${start > 0 ? '…' : ''}${value.slice(start, end)}${end < value.length ? '…' : ''}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The first field of an entry to contain the search string, if any.
+ * Fields are tried in the order we prefer to report a match.
+ */
+function findMatch(
+  entry: SearchableEntry,
+  customFields: CustomFields,
+  filterKey: MaybeString,
+  searchString: string,
+): FinderMatch | null {
+  function check(key: string, label: string, value: string): FinderMatch | null {
+    if (!value || (filterKey !== null && key !== filterKey)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const matchIndex = value.toLowerCase().indexOf(searchString);
+    if (matchIndex === -1) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return { key, label, excerpt: makeExcerpt(value, matchIndex, searchString.length) };
+  }
+
+  // groups have no cue, the rest is common to every searchable entry
+  const fromCue = 'cue' in entry ? check('cue', 'Cue', entry.cue) : null;
+  const match = fromCue ?? check('title', 'Title', entry.title) ?? check('note', 'Note', entry.note);
+  if (match !== null) {
+    return match;
+  }
+
+  // custom fields are named by the project, so these can only be reached generically
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(entry.custom)) {
+    const definition = customFields[key];
+    if (definition?.type !== 'text') {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const custom = check(key, definition.label || key, value);
+    if (custom) return custom;
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Splits the raw search value into an optional field filter and the text to look for.
+ * Both `cue 12` and `cue:12` are accepted so that typing agrees with the filter badges.
+ */
+export function parseQuery(searchValue: string, filters: FinderFilter[]) {
+  for (const filter of filters) {
+    // the search value is already lowercased, custom field keys are not
+    const prefix = filter.key.toLowerCase();
+    if (searchValue === prefix) {
+      return { filterKey: filter.key, searchString: '' };
+    }
+    if (searchValue.startsWith(`${prefix} `) || searchValue.startsWith(`${prefix}:`)) {
+      return { filterKey: filter.key, searchString: searchValue.slice(prefix.length + 1).trim() };
+    }
+  }
+  return { filterKey: null, searchString: searchValue };
+}
+
+/** Finds the single event at a 1-based position in the rundown */
+export function searchByIndex(data: OntimeEntry[], indexString: string): SearchOutcome {
+  const target = Number(indexString);
+  if (isNaN(target) || target < 1) {
+    return { ...noResults, error: 'Invalid index' };
+  }
+
+  let eventIndex = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+    const entry = data[i];
+    if (!isOntimeEvent(entry)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    eventIndex++;
+    if (eventIndex === target) {
+      return { results: [toResult(entry, i, eventIndex, null)], error: null, total: 1 };
+    }
+  }
+
+  return noResults;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Matches entries on a single field when one is selected, otherwise on every text field.
+ * Results keep rundown order, which keeps them predictable during a show.
+ */
+export function searchByText(
+  data: OntimeEntry[],
+  customFields: CustomFields,
+  filterKey: MaybeString,
+  searchString: string,
+): SearchOutcome {
+  const results: FinderResult[] = [];
+  let total = 0;
+  // indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
+  let eventIndex = 0;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+    const entry = data[i];
+    if (isOntimeDelay(entry)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const isEvent = isOntimeEvent(entry);
+    if (isEvent) {
+      eventIndex++;
+    }
+
+    const match = findMatch(entry, customFields, filterKey, searchString);
+    if (match === null) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    total++;
+    if (results.length < maxResults) {
+      results.push(toResult(entry, i, isEvent ? eventIndex : null, match));
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { results, error: null, total };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param searchValue - the text the user is looking for
+ * @param activeFilter - a field selected from the filter badges, if any
+ */
+export default function useFinder(searchValue: string, activeFilter: MaybeString) {
   const { data, rundownId } = useFlatRundown();
-  const [results, setResults] = useState<FilterableEntry[]>([]);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<MaybeString>(null);
-  const lastSearchString = useRef('');
+  const { data: customFields } = useCustomFields();
 
   const selectAndRevealEntry = useSelectAndRevealEntry(rundownId);
 
-  /** Filters the rundown to a given evaluation */
-  const find = useCallback(
-    (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
-      if (!data || data.length === 0) {
-        setError('No data');
-        return;
-      }
-      setError(null);
+  /** The filters offered to the user: the fixed fields plus whatever the project defines */
+  const filters = useMemo<FinderFilter[]>(() => {
+    const customFilters = Object.entries(customFields)
+      .filter(([_key, field]) => field.type === 'text')
+      .map(([key, field]) => ({ key, label: field.label || key }));
+    return [...staticFilters, ...customFilters];
+  }, [customFields]);
 
-      if (event.target.value === '') {
-        setResults([]);
-        return;
-      }
+  const { results, error, total, appliedFilter } = useMemo(() => {
+    if (data.length === 0) {
+      return { ...noResults, error: 'No data', appliedFilter: activeFilter };
+    }
 
-      const searchValue = event.target.value.toLowerCase();
-      lastSearchString.current = searchValue;
+    const normalised = searchValue.trim().toLowerCase();
+    if (normalised === '') {
+      return { ...noResults, appliedFilter: activeFilter };
+    }
 
-      if (searchValue.startsWith('index ')) {
-        const searchString = searchValue.slice('index '.length).trim();
-        const { results, error } = searchByIndex(searchString);
-        setResults(results);
-        setError(error);
-        return;
-      }
+    /**
+     * A selected badge wins, but typing a keyword still works for anyone who knows them,
+     * and lights up the matching badge rather than being silently ignored.
+     */
+    const { filterKey, searchString } = activeFilter
+      ? { filterKey: activeFilter, searchString: normalised }
+      : parseQuery(normalised, filters);
 
-      if (searchValue.startsWith('cue ')) {
-        const searchString = searchValue.slice('cue '.length).trim();
-        const { results, error } = searchByCue(searchString);
-        setResults(results);
-        setError(error);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const searchString = searchValue.startsWith('title ') ? searchValue.slice('title '.length).trim() : searchValue;
-      const { results, error } = searchByTitle(searchString);
-      setResults(results);
-      setError(error);
-
-      /** Returns a single item with a matching index */
-      function searchByIndex(searchString: string) {
-        const searchIndex = Number(searchString);
-        if (isNaN(searchIndex) || searchIndex < 1) {
-          return { results: [], error: 'Invalid index' };
-        }
-
-        if (searchIndex > data.length) {
-          return { results: [], error: null };
-        }
-
-        // indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
-        let eventIndex = 1;
-        const results: FilterableEvent[] = [];
-        for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
-          const event = data[i];
-          if (isOntimeEvent(event)) {
-            if (eventIndex === searchIndex) {
-              results.push({
-                type: SupportedEntry.Event,
-                id: event.id,
-                index: i,
-                eventIndex,
-                title: event.title,
-                cue: event.cue,
-                colour: event.colour,
-                parent: event.parent,
-              } satisfies FilterableEvent);
-              break;
-            }
-            eventIndex++;
-          }
-        }
-
-        return { results, error: null };
-      }
-
-      /** Returns maxResults of OntimeEvents that match the cue field */
-      function searchByCue(searchString: string) {
-        // indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
-        let eventIndex = 1;
-        // limit amount of results we show
-        let remaining = maxResults;
-        const results: FilterableEvent[] = [];
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
-          if (remaining <= 0) {
-            break;
-          }
-          const event = data[i];
-          if (isOntimeEvent(event)) {
-            if (event.cue.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
-              remaining--;
-              results.push({
-                type: SupportedEntry.Event,
-                id: event.id,
-                index: i,
-                eventIndex,
-                title: event.title,
-                cue: event.cue,
-                colour: event.colour,
-                parent: event.parent,
-              } satisfies FilterableEvent);
-            }
-            eventIndex++;
-          }
-        }
-        return { results, error: null };
-      }
-
-      /** Returns maxResults of OntimeEvents that match the title field*/
-      function searchByTitle(searchString: string) {
-        // indexes exposed to the UI are 1-based
-        let eventIndex = 1;
-        // limit amount of results we show
-        let remaining = maxResults;
-        const results: FilterableEntry[] = [];
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
-          if (remaining <= 0) {
-            break;
-          }
-
-          const entry = data[i];
-          if (isOntimeEvent(entry)) {
-            if (entry.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
-              remaining--;
-              results.push({
-                type: SupportedEntry.Event,
-                id: entry.id,
-                index: i,
-                eventIndex,
-                title: entry.title,
-                cue: entry.cue,
-                colour: entry.colour,
-                parent: entry.parent,
-              } satisfies FilterableEvent);
-            }
-            eventIndex++;
-          } else if (isOntimeGroup(entry)) {
-            if (entry.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
-              remaining--;
-              results.push({
-                type: SupportedEntry.Group,
-                id: entry.id,
-                index: i,
-                title: entry.title,
-                colour: entry.colour,
-              } satisfies FilterableGroup);
-            }
-          } else if (isOntimeMilestone(entry)) {
-            if (entry.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchString)) {
-              remaining--;
-              results.push({
-                type: SupportedEntry.Milestone,
-                id: entry.id,
-                index: i,
-                title: entry.title,
-                cue: entry.cue,
-                colour: entry.colour,
-                parent: entry.parent,
-              } satisfies FilterableMilestone);
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        return { results, error: null };
-      }
-    },
-    [data],
-  );
+    if (filterKey === indexFilter) {
+      return { ...searchByIndex(data, searchString), appliedFilter: filterKey };
+    }
+    if (searchString === '') {
+      // a filter is selected, but there is nothing to match on yet
+      return { ...noResults, appliedFilter: filterKey };
+    }
+    return { ...searchByText(data, customFields, filterKey, searchString), appliedFilter: filterKey };
+  }, [data, customFields, filters, searchValue, activeFilter]);
 
   const select = useCallback(
-    (selectedEvent: FilterableEntry) => {
-      selectAndRevealEntry({
-        id: selectedEvent.id,
-        index: selectedEvent.index,
-        parent: 'parent' in selectedEvent ? selectedEvent.parent : null,
-      });
+    (result: FinderResult) => {
+      selectAndRevealEntry({ id: result.id, index: result.index, parent: result.parent });
     },
     [selectAndRevealEntry],
   );
 
-  /** clear results when source data changes */
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setResults([]);
-    setError(null);
-    // fake a submit event to re-run the search
-    if (lastSearchString.current) {
-      find({ target: { value: lastSearchString.current } } as ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>);
-    }
-  }, [data, find]);
-
-  return { find, select, results, error };
+  return { select, results, error, total, filters, appliedFilter };
 }

e2e/tests/features/209-rundown-shortcuts.spec.ts

@@ -222,15 +222,57 @@ test('Delete event', async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create Group' })).toBeVisible();
 });
 
-test('Find in rundown', async ({ page }) => {
+test('Finder searches the rundown and reveals a result', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto('/rundown');
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('panel-rundown')).toBeVisible();
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Edit' }).click();
 
+  // clear rundown
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Rundown menu' }).click();
+  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Clear all' }).click();
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Delete all' }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('rundown-event')).toHaveCount(0);
+
+  // two events, where the one we are looking for is identified only by its note
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Create Event' }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('rundown-event')).toHaveCount(1);
+  await page.getByTestId('entry-1').click();
+  await page.getByTestId('entry__title').press('Escape');
+  await page.getByTestId('rundown-event').locator('div').filter({ hasText: '1' }).press('Alt+E');
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('rundown-event')).toHaveCount(2);
+
+  await page.getByTestId('entry-1').getByTestId('entry__title').fill('opening');
+  await page.getByTestId('entry-1').getByTestId('entry__title').press('Enter');
+  await page.getByTestId('entry-2').getByTestId('entry__title').fill('closing');
+  await page.getByTestId('entry-2').getByTestId('entry__title').press('Enter');
+
+  await page.getByTestId('entry-2').click();
+  await page.getByLabel('Note', { exact: true }).fill('remember the zebrafish');
+  await page.getByLabel('Note', { exact: true }).press('Tab');
+
+  // the shortcut has to work from a focused field, which is where it is usually reached for
+  await page.getByTestId('entry-2').getByTestId('entry__title').click();
   await page.keyboard.press('ControlOrMeta+f');
-  await expect(page.getByPlaceholder('Search...')).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByPlaceholder('Search...')).toBeFocused();
 
-  await page.keyboard.press('Escape');
+  // a bare query reaches the note, and the result names the field it matched
+  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search...').fill('zebrafish');
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('finder-result')).toHaveCount(1);
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('finder-result-match')).toContainText('Note');
+
+  // a badge scopes the search to one field, without putting syntax in the input
+  const titleFilter = page.getByTestId('finder-filters').getByRole('button', { name: 'Title', exact: true });
+  await titleFilter.click();
+  await expect(page.getByPlaceholder('Search...')).toHaveValue('zebrafish');
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('finder-result')).toHaveCount(0);
+
+  // pressing it again searches every field once more
+  await titleFilter.click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('finder-result')).toHaveCount(1);
+
+  // choosing a result closes the finder and selects the entry in the rundown
+  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search...').press('Enter');
   await expect(page.getByPlaceholder('Search...')).toBeHidden();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('entry-2').getByTestId('rundown-event')).toHaveAttribute('data-selected', 'true');
 });
 
 test('Open settings', async ({ page }) => {