# Search, filter and sort

**Songs** lists every song you can see: the ones in your **Personal** group and the ones in every group you belong to. Search, filters and sorting help you find the one you want.

## Search

Type into the search box at the top of **Songs**, and the list narrows as you type. Search looks at more than titles. It finds a song from a line of its lyrics too:

![Typing "porch light" into the search box on Songs. The list narrows to one song, Dial Tone Heart, with the matching lyric "Left the porch light on for no one" shown under it and the matching words highlighted.](https://songstead.app/docs/search/search-lyrics.webp "tablet")

When a song matched on something other than its title or artist, the match is shown under the song, with where it was found, like **Chart:** or **File:**.

### Choose where to search

The button with the sliders, at the right end of the search box, chooses where search looks. Everything is turned on to start with.

![The search options open under the search box on Songs, with four checked boxes: Attributes, title and artist; Chart, lyrics, comments, directives, etc; Files, filenames and contents; and Annotations, text notes.](https://songstead.app/docs/search/search-in.webp "tablet")

| Option | What it searches |
| --- | --- |
| Attributes | Titles and artists. |
| Chart | Everything in your text charts: lyrics, comments and ChordPro directives. |
| Files | The names of attached files, and the words inside attached PDFs and Word documents. |
| Annotations | The words in text notes you've written on charts. |

If you only want titles, turn off everything but **Attributes**.

## Filters

The buttons under the search box filter the list. Pick one or more values in a filter to show only the songs that match. If you use more than one filter, a song has to match all of them.

| Filter | What it narrows by |
| --- | --- |
| Group | Which group the song is in. This filter appears once you belong to a group besides **Personal**. |
| Key | The song's key. |
| Tags | The song's [tags](https://songstead.app/docs/tags.md). |
| Time | The time signature. **None** finds songs that don't have one. |
| Tempo | **Slow** is under 80 beats per minute, **Moderate** is 80 to 120, and **Fast** is over 120. **None** finds songs without a tempo. |

**Clear filters** removes them all at once.

Your search and filters stay in place while you open songs and come back to the list. They're cleared when you close the browser tab or the app.

## Sort

The button at the right, above the list, sorts songs by **Title A–Z** or **Artist A–Z**. Songstead remembers your choice on all your devices.

## Searching sets

**Sets** has its own search box, which finds a set by its name, its location or its group. See [Sets](https://songstead.app/docs/sets.md).