LingoHub provides powerful search tools directly inside the Editor to help you quickly find specific content across your projects, target fields, and branch structures.
1. Project & branch scope filter
Before searching for text or keys, you can define the workspace scope using the Project/Branch selector on the left side of the Editor toolbar.
Click the Project/Branch selector dropdown in the toolbar.
Use the search input at the top of the menu (Search project/branch...) to find specific projects or branches.
Select a scope:
Language groups: Select All English projects, All French projects, etc., to perform a cross-project search across all projects sharing that source language.
Individual projects: Select a specific project (e.g., XLIFF Project, Android Projekt) to restrict search results to that single project.
Branches: Expand a project to select a specific branch.
Each entry displays a progress indicator showing current translation completion.
2. Search target modes
By default, typing into the search field queries the segment text. You can specify which segment field to query by clicking the Target Selector icon (defaulting to T) on the left side of the search bar.
Search target | Description |
General search | Searches inside the source and target translation text of the segment. |
Key search | Restricts search queries to segment keys. |
Id search | Searches by the segment's unique public ID. |
Description search | Searches within descriptions attached to segments. |
💬Please note: The dropdown also includes a quick link to the Advanced syntax search for building complex queries.
3. Matching and case sensitivity options
To control how precisely your search string must match segment content, click the Match mode icon (A) on the right side of the main search input.
Matching mode | Description | Example query: “Project” |
Contains | Matches any segment containing the term anywhere, regardless of case. | Matches "project", "Projects", "new project". |
Contains (case sensitive) | Matches the exact casing at any position in the segment. | Matches "Project" and "Projects", but excludes "project". |
Exact match | Matches segments where the text field consists exclusively of the exact word or phrase, ignoring letter case. | Matches "project" and "Project", but excludes "new project". |
Exact match (case sensitive) | Matches segments containing strictly the specified word or phrase with identical capitalization. | Matches only "Project". Excludes "project" or "Projects". |
Starts with | Matches segments where the target field begins with the entered phrase. | Matches "Project overview", but excludes "New Project". |
Ends with | Matches segments where the target field ends with the entered phrase. | Matches "Select Project", but excludes "Project select". |
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