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This is an optional shortcut for power users. You don't need the Omnibar to use Cartographer — everything it does is also available through the normal menus. It's simply a faster way to move around the app if you're comfortable using the keyboard.

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The Omnibar is a quick way to search and jump around Cartographer without clicking through menus. Press a single keyboard shortcut, start typing, and go straight to the workspace, project, survey, or person you're looking for.

Opening the Omnibar

Press Cmd + K (on a Mac) or Ctrl + K (on Windows or Linux) from anywhere in the web app. A search box appears with the placeholder Search workspaces, projects, members…. Press Esc to close it again.

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Screenshot to add: the Omnibar open over a workspace page, with a search typed in. (Needs a signed-in web-app session, so no capture was possible from the gallery.)

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What You Can Do

Start typing and the Omnibar shows matching results grouped into sections. Depending on what you have access to, you can:

• Jump to a project in your current workspace.
• Switch workspaces — the list shows which one you're currently in.
• Record a new survey — pick a survey type to start a fresh survey.
• View surveys and maps within a project.
• Find a workspace member by name or email.
• Reach your account options — My Account, Help, and Sign Out.

Some results have a › arrow on the right. That means you can drill into them for more options — for example, opening a project to see its surveys and maps.

Getting Around with the Keyboard

The Omnibar is built to be used without the mouse:

• Up / Down arrows — move through the results.
• Enter — open the highlighted result.
• Right arrow or Tab — drill into a result that has a › arrow.
• Left arrow or Backspace (when the search box is empty) — go back up a level.