Quick search (Ctrl+K)
Opening quick search with Ctrl+K or the Search button, what it finds (pages, settings, receipts, customers, products, invoices and bookings), the keys, and tips.
Quick search is one box for the whole of CreekPOS Online: type a few letters and go straight to a page, a setting, a receipt, a customer, a product, a Books invoice or a booking. It is on every plan, in the back office and in the till app, in every language.
Opening it
- Press Ctrl+K (
⌘Kon a Mac). It works with an Arabic, Hindi or Urdu keyboard layout too. - Or press Search in the header at the top of any page. On a phone the button is only an icon, and the search opens full screen.
Start typing: the results change as you type.
What it finds
| Kind | What it matches |
|---|---|
| Pages | the page's name in your language and in English |
| Settings | settings sections and every feature switch |
| Receipts | the printed number, such as 123 or T2-000123; partial numbers, customer names and amounts from the last 30 days |
| Customers | the name, and the phone number if you are allowed to see phone numbers |
| Products | the name, the name in the other language, the barcode |
| Books invoices | the number or the customer, this month and last (when Books is on) |
| Bookings | the customer's name, the booking number or the phone, this week and last (when Bookings is on) |
Pages and settings show from the first letter; receipts, customers, products, invoices and bookings from the second (or from any number). You see up to 8 results of each kind and 25 in all.
Every result follows your rights and the shop's plan: quick search never shows a page you cannot open, a feature your plan does not have, or another shop's records. A cashier without the reports right, for example, gets no receipts. A product opens in its editor for someone allowed to change products, and in the filtered product list for everyone else.
The keys
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+K | open quick search |
| ↑ and ↓ | move through the results |
| Enter | open the highlighted result |
| Esc | close (so does the ✕ or a click outside) |
| Tab | move between the search box and the close button |
When it closes, you are back where you were.
Tips
- Type a number, with or without
#, and that receipt or invoice comes first. Arabic-Indic digits work too. - An older receipt is found by its exact number; customer names and amounts look back 30 days. For anything older, use the Receipts page and its dates.
- Capital letters and accents do not matter. In Arabic, the vowel marks and the different ways of writing alef do not matter either.
- English words always work: "receipts" finds the receipts page whatever language the app is in.
- In Arabic, type the word as the page's title has it: the singular does not find a plural title.
- To find a feature switch, type the feature's name: "Books" also offers the Books switch in Settings → Features. HR, attendance and staff commission settings open at their own section.
- Quick search is not on the sign-in page, the public online shop or booking pages, or the self-checkout kiosk.
For all the other keyboard shortcuts, see Keyboard shortcuts.
