Searching Documents

Find files in a PlaidCloud Document account using inline search with live progress, advanced filters, and reveal-in-folder.

Description

The Document browser includes a search bar at the top of the file list. Searches run live against the connected backend (S3, Azure Blob, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.) so results reflect the current state of the account, not a stale index.

  1. Open a Document account
  2. Click in the Search files… field at the top of the file list
  3. Type a name pattern
  4. Watch results stream into the file list

Press Esc or click the clear icon at the end of the field to exit search mode and return to the regular file list. The status line below the field shows how many folders have been scanned and how many matches have been found.

Advanced Filters

Click Advanced next to the search field to show the filter row. Combine any of these filters with the name pattern:

  • Ext: — comma-separated extensions, e.g. pdf,xlsx. No spaces.
  • Kind: — Files & folders (default), Files only, or Folders only.
  • Size (bytes): — minimum and/or maximum size.
  • Modified: — on/after date and on/before date, both as YYYY-MM-DD.

Filters apply on top of the name pattern. Click Clear to wipe the query and all filters.

Highlighting and Reveal

  • While the search is running, results stream in arrival order so you can act on early matches without waiting.
  • Once the stream completes, the file list re-sorts by name and the matched substring is highlighted in each row.
  • Right-click any result and select Reveal in folder to jump to the file in its containing directory and exit search mode.

Searching Across Backends

Search uses the storage backend's own search API where one is available, so results match what you'd see in the backend's native UI:

  • Google Drive — uses the Drive API.
  • OneDrive / SharePoint — uses Microsoft Graph.

For object stores (S3 and S3-compatible, Azure Blob, GCS, etc.) PlaidCloud crawls the configured paths in parallel.