# Opening Browse in a deck should fill the search box automatically

**URL:** https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/opening-browse-in-a-deck-should-fill-the-search-box-automatically/52000
**Category:** Suggestions
**Created:** [November 16, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/opening-browse-in-a-deck-should-fill-the-search-box-automatically/52000 "2024-11-16T13:34:40Z")
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### Author: ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/opening-browse-in-a-deck-should-fill-the-search-box-automatically/52000/1 "2024-11-16T13:34:40Z")

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**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**  
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I would like to search for my cards more easily, however opening a browse in the deck doesn’t fill the search bar, unlike clicking on the deck icon on the side bar.

**Describe the solution you’d like**  
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1. Open a deck
2. Open Browse inside the deck (shortcut: B)
3. The browse fills the search bar with the deck:deckname\*

Opening the Browse in the deck should behave exactly like clicking the deck icon\*\* in the browser

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/b/f/bf535b1d5c76ec842d4008ab3d1a5048cf6eba0f.png)  
\*\*Example of a deck icon present in the sidebar, by clicking in, it fills the search bar with `deck:currentdeck*`

Version ⁨24.11 (97e6b3d3)⁩  
Python 3.9.18 Qt 6.6.2 PyQt 6.6.1  
MacOS: 15.1 (24B83)

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### Author: ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/opening-browse-in-a-deck-should-fill-the-search-box-automatically/52000/2 "2024-11-16T15:33:57Z")

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If I understand what you’re saying – even though Browse opens with as the current deck as the active search – that doesn’t help you because the search box is empty. So you can’t start to modify the search without an additional step.

Workaround –  
Preferences \> Editing \> Default search text  
`deck:current`