# New Search Bar
**URL:** https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Tags:** lens-desktop
**Created:** [January 22, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688 "2024-01-22T14:27:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@lockomoto](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/lockomoto)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/1 "2024-01-22T14:27:25Z")
Why is the search bar a button now, that opens the search field at the BOTTOM of the screen instead of where I clicked? Terrible design.
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### Author:  [@emeste](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/emeste)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/2 "2024-01-23T07:32:06Z")
Hi @lockomoto
Thanks for your feedback, I forwarded it to the team!
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### Author:  [@cvdlinden](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/cvdlinden)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/3 "2024-01-23T11:42:27Z")
Hello lockomoto,
Thank you for reaching out!
We have taken notice of the issue and i will report it our development team.
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### Author:  [@mgalavotti](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/mgalavotti)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/4 "2024-01-25T16:36:37Z")
Hi All,
the function is Awesome 🙂 perheps it’s good make two modify:
1. Use the old search area (high right corner) with a new simple checkbox for memorize the filter when navigate in different area. For not loose the new interface is also possibile create a confifuration for select the preferred layout.
2. Start the search only after press the return button. The new filter area is slow respect the old!!
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### Author:  [@docker](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/docker)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/5 "2024-02-12T08:00:14Z")
Hello,
The new search field is terrible; it requires an extra click, and additionally, the mouse has to travel across the entire screen to enter something.
I beg you to revert to the old search field.
I would also like to make a suggestion: the search field should remember the search terms in a way that is unique to each screen, as it is clear that the names of namespaces are different from the names of pods, for example.
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### Author:  [@phorsmalahti](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/phorsmalahti)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/6 "2024-02-12T08:00:44Z")
Note that the search bar still has autofocus when it’s opened so no extra click is needed.
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### Author:  [@docker](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/docker)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/7 "2024-02-27T12:01:49Z")
The search bar bugs and disappears when clicked beside it, while the icon at the top right remains checked.
Even though it has auto-focus, I find it very impractical from a UX design perspective because we often alternate between selecting the Namespace and entering a filter.
I still say it’s a bad choice 😅
Put the search bar back next to the Namespace dropdown menu please. 🙏
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### Author:  [@docker](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/docker)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/8 "2024-02-27T12:07:02Z")
Each screen should independently retain the input in the search/filter bar.
Because we never search for the same thing between the pods screen and the nodes screen, for example, which forces us to constantly rewriting filters when switching between screens.
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### Author:  [@idachev](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/idachev)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/9 "2024-03-22T14:54:23Z")
Please add an option to restore the old search bar. This was one of the most useful features in Lens Desktop, and now it takes a lot of clicks to start searching.
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### Author:  [@docker](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/docker)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/10 "2025-01-09T17:52:01Z")
Could you please add a button to enable or disable the filter without having to clear the input field?
Additionally, it would be helpful to have two quick filters: **OK** and **KO/Unknown**.
As previously mentioned, each screen should retain its input field content independently.
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### Author:  [@phorsmalahti](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/phorsmalahti)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2025, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/11 "2025-01-13T09:01:08Z")
What would the OK and KO/Unknown quick filters do exactly? Filter pods by “Status”? Would these quick filters be specific to some resource tables?
I believe Lens already maintains the input field independently for each tab.
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### Author:  [@docker](https://forums.k8slens.dev/u/docker)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/new-search-bar/2688/13 "2025-01-13T20:41:35Z")
I have created a new topic for this subject ( [quick filters](https://forums.k8slens.dev/t/quick-filters-on-workloads-tabs/5399) ); we should stay focused on the main topic here: “the new search bar.”