# Command bar

> Search your library and run commands from the keyboard: go somewhere, add a filter, switch the theme or open a setting.

- Page: https://resurf.so/guides/command-bar
- Section: Browse and read
- Works on: Mac
- Last checked against the app: 2026-10-17
- Open: `⌘K`
- Search only: `⌘F`

## Use it

1. Press `⌘K`, or choose **View → Command Bar**.
2. Browse the groups, or type to search them.
3. Use `↑` and `↓` to move, and `↩` to run a row.
4. Press `Esc` to clear what you typed, or to close the bar when it's empty.

Video: [The command bar opened with ⌘K, used to switch to Dark mode, go to a space, and switch back to the System theme.](https://resurf.so/guides/clips/clip-command-bar.mp4)

## Search your captures

1. Type the words you're looking for.
2. Choose **Search for “your words”**. The library shows the matches, sorted by **Best match**.
3. To pick a tag, start with `#`. To pick a space, start with `@`.
4. Press `⌫` in an empty field to remove the last filter.

The bar doesn't list captures by name. It turns your words into a search on the library.

## What's in it

- **Capture**: New note, Save link, Record, Add media, Screenshot.
- **Current capture**: pin, close or delete the capture that's open or selected.
- **Navigate**: go to the library, Inbox, Starred, Trash, tags or spaces, or open Settings.
- **Spaces** and **Create**: go to a space, or Create space and Create area.
- **Filters**: filter by type, source, date or pinned, change the sort, or Shuffle captures.
- **Appearance**: Light mode, Dark mode, System theme, and showing or hiding the sidebar and Info.
- **Settings**: open a Settings pane.

The bar doesn't change the layout. Use Display (`⌘L`). See [Layouts and sorting](https://resurf.so/guides/layouts).

## Questions

### How do I find a capture by name?

Type the words and choose Search for. The library filters to matches; the bar itself doesn't list captures.

### Why is Back missing?

The History group only shows when there's somewhere to go back or forward to.

## More guides

- Previous: [Comments](https://resurf.so/guides/comments.md)
- [Layouts and sorting](https://resurf.so/guides/layouts.md): Choose how the library shows your captures, how big the tiles are, and what order they come in.
- [Covers and appearance](https://resurf.so/guides/appearance.md): Set the theme, the window color and how cards look, and choose what a link's cover shows.
- [Open and peek](https://resurf.so/guides/peek.md): Open a capture to read it, open it beside the library, or peek at it without leaving the grid.
- [Move between captures and zoom](https://resurf.so/guides/next-and-previous.md): Step to the next or previous capture without going back to the library, and zoom the whole window on Mac.
- [Read links](https://resurf.so/guides/reader.md): A saved link opens as the live page, and the reader shows the article as clean text at a size you like.
- [PDFs and highlights](https://resurf.so/guides/pdfs.md): Read PDFs on every device, and on Mac, find words, highlight passages and comment on them.
- [Write notes](https://resurf.so/guides/notes-and-highlights.md): Write and format notes in a markdown editor, and on Mac, highlight passages and comment on them.
- [Video and audio](https://resurf.so/guides/video-and-audio.md): Play videos, audio files, voice notes and YouTube links right inside the capture.
- [Comments](https://resurf.so/guides/comments.md): Every capture has a comment thread in Info, and your highlights from notes and PDFs land there too.
- [Every guide](https://resurf.so/llms.txt)