Hudu's search helps you quickly find information across your documentation, whether you're searching globally or within a specific company. The search modal gives you options to control the scope and depth of your results.
Guides
Opening and navigating the search modal
Open the search modal in one of two ways:
- Click the search box in the top toolbar, or
- Press the
/keyboard shortcut.
Once open, start typing to search across your data. To move through results:
-
Up/Downarrow keys — move through results. -
Enter— open the selected result. - Or click a result directly with your mouse.
To close the modal, press ESC or click anywhere outside of it.
Search options
Within the search modal, you can:
- Choose Comprehensive Search to broaden your results.
- Toggle whether to include museum items in your results.
Searching within a company
When you're viewing a specific company, the modal adds scope controls:
- By default you'll see an option to search only within that company; deselect it to search across all data instead.
- Press
ALT+Gto quickly toggle the scope between company-only and global search.
Setting default search preferences
You can configure default search behavior in your User Profile settings, so you don't have to adjust options every time:
- Default to comprehensive — automatically enables comprehensive search for all queries.
- Default to global — includes all companies by default, instead of limiting to a specific company.
These act as your baseline whenever you open the modal, and you can still override them on a per-search basis.
Tools
Hudu integrates with Typesense to power its search, providing fast and relevant results across your documentation. For users who want to go beyond basic search, Typesense offers advanced capabilities such as:
- Fine-tuned query matching
- Filtering and faceting
- Relevance tuning
- Advanced search parameters and operators
See Hudu's Typesense article, or the official Typesense documentation, for additional information.
FAQ
Yes — press / to open the search modal from anywhere.
Deselect the search only within this company option, or press ALT + G to toggle to global search. To make global the default, enable Default to global in your User Profile settings.
It broadens the scope of your results beyond the standard search. You can enable it per search in the modal, or set Default to comprehensive in your User Profile settings.