Quick Filter

File → Quick Filter… (Ctrl+F) narrows the current list to the rows containing some text. It is not case-sensitive, and it matches anything in the columns you can see. Leave the box empty to clear the filter.

While a filter is on, the status bar has a filter item saying what it is and how many rows match, for example “Filter: ‘braille’ (4/100)”. Escape in the list clears it, and the status bar says “Filter cleared”. Switching to another view or repository clears it too, since a filter for issues means nothing in the branches list.

The filter only looks at what has already loaded. To search further back, load more with Ctrl++, or for issues and pull requests use View → State or a label, which ask GitHub.

With a filter on, every key acts on the row you are on: Enter, F, C, O, G, Delete and the rest, and the details panel always shows that same row.