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# Omni-Search

Omni-Search is Alexandria's unified search bar, available the moment you open the popup. Start typing and it searches your **history, bookmarks, and Read Later Shelf simultaneously** — no need to go into separate views.

## How it works

Results are ranked with a deliberate priority: Read Later Shelf items surface at the top, since they represent pages you've explicitly chosen to save. Below those, history and bookmarks are blended in a 3:1 ratio (three history results for every bookmark). This reflects how people actually search — "where was that page I visited?" is more common than "what did I bookmark?" — while ensuring bookmarks are never buried.

**Result cap:** Up to 20 results are shown at a time, pulled from a pool of up to 50 history entries plus all matching bookmarks and shelf items. If the initial 20 slots aren't filled, remaining results from either source backfill the list.

## Mixed result indicators

In Omni-Search results, each item shows a small icon to indicate its origin:

* 📝 — from your Read Later Shelf (surfaced at the top)
* 🕒 — from your browsing history
* ⭐ — from your bookmarks

## Regex mode

Power users can toggle **Regex Search** directly from the Omni-Search view. See [Regex Search](/features/regex-search.md) for full details.


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