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+# Search through GitLab
+
+## Issues and merge requests
+
+To search through issues and merge requests in multiple projects, you can use the left-sidebar.
+
+Click the menu bar, then **Issues** or **Merge Requests**, which work in the same way,
+therefore, the following notes are valid for both.
+
+The number displayed on their right represents the number of issues and merge requests assigned to you.
+
+![menu bar - issues and MRs assigned to you](img/left_menu_bar.png)
+
+When you click **Issues**, you'll see the opened issues assigned to you straight away:
+
+![Issues assigned to you](img/issues_assigned_to_you.png)
+
+You can filter them by **Author**, **Assignee**, **Milestone**, and **Labels**,
+searching through **Open**, **Closed**, and **All** issues.
+
+Of course, you can combine all filters together.
+
+### Issues and MRs assigned to you or created by you
+
+You'll find a shortcut to issues and merge requests create by you or assigned to you
+on the search field on the top-right of your screen:
+
+![shortcut to your issues and mrs](img/issues_mrs_shortcut.png)
+
+## Issues and merge requests per project
+
+If you want to search for issues present in a specific project, navigate to
+a project's **Issues** tab, and click on the field **Search or filter results...**. It will
+display a dropdown menu, from which you can add filters per author, assignee, milestone, label,
+and weight. When done, press **Enter** on your keyboard to filter the issues.
+
+![filter issues in a project](img/filter_issues_project.gif)
+
+The same process is valid for merge requests. Navigate to your project's **Merge Requests** tab,
+and click **Search or filter results...**. Merge requests can be filtered by author, assignee,
+milestone, and label.
+
+### Shortcut
+
+You'll also find a shortcut on the search field on the top-right of the project's dashboard to
+quickly access issues and merge requests created or assigned to you within that project:
+
+![search per project - shortcut](img/project_search.png)
+
+## Todos
+
+Your [todos](../../workflow/todos.md#gitlab-todos) can be searched by "to do" and "done".
+You can [filter](../../workflow/todos.md#filtering-your-todos) them per project,
+author, type, and action. Also, you can sort them by
+[**Label priority**](../../user/project/labels.md#prioritize-labels),
+**Last created** and **Oldest created**.
+
+## Projects
+
+You can search through your projects from the left menu, by clicking the menu bar, then **Projects**.
+On the field **Filter by name**, type the project or group name you want to find, and GitLab
+will filter them for you as you type.
+
+You can also look for the projects you starred (**Starred projects**), and **Explore** all
+public and internal projects available in GitLab.com, from which you can filter by visibitily,
+through **Trending**, best rated with **Most starts**, or **All** of them.
+
+You can also sort them by **Name**, **Last created**, **Oldest created**, **Last updated**,
+**Oldest updated**, **Owner**, and choose to hide or show **archived projects**:
+
+![sort projects](img/sort_projects.png)
+
+## Groups
+
+Similarly to [projects search](#projects), you can search through your groups from
+the left menu, by clicking the menu bar, then **Groups**.
+
+On the field **Filter by name**, type the group name you want to find, and GitLab
+will filter them for you as you type.
+
+You can also **Explore** all public and internal groups available in GitLab.com,
+and sort them by **Last created**, **Oldest created**, **Last updated**, or **Oldest updated**.
+
+## Issue Boards
+
+From an [Issue Board](../../user/project/issue_board.md), you can filter issues by **Author**, **Assignee**, **Milestone**, and **Labels**.
+You can also filter them by name (issue title), from the field **Filter by name**, which is loaded as you type.
+
+When you want to search for issues to add to lists present in your Issue Board, click
+the button **Add issues** on the top-right of your screen, opening a modal window from which
+you'll be able to, besides filtering them by **Name**, **Author**, **Assignee**, **Milestone**,
+and **Labels**, select multiple issues to add to a list of your choice:
+
+![search and select issues to add to board](img/search_issues_board.png)