# Searching

There are two search functions. The quick search field is in the toolbar, and allows to highlight search terms in the current station list. The cache search is available through the Edit ▸ Search menu instead and provides more details.

## Dialog options

You can get to the search dialog via Edit ▸ Find or `Ctrl`+`F`. Centrally to this dialog is the text field, where you can specify the phrase to scan for.

Above you can check which channel plugins to inspect for the search term. Using this allows to limit the search to specific radio station directories, but usually you want to search them all.

Below the search phrase text box, you can specifiy which station fields to look into. Often you just want to search the titles of radio stations. But you can also have the search occour in the description/playing fields. Alternatively you could just search the homepage links.

## Search methods

Lastly, there are three search methods. You mostly want to use the cache search, which just scans through the station lists streamtuner2 has downloaded. Since you are mostly looking for something you had already seen, this will give you the desired results.

The server search would try to do a live search on the directory servers, providing you with the most recent data. However, it's not implemented for all channel plugins, and therefore brings limited output.

Use the button google it as last resort, if streamtuner2 didn't find anything.

## Quick search

Just enter text into the quick search box. Streamtuner2 will instantly highlight any matches in the current stations view. If you switch tabs, just click the glass icon to reapply the highlighting.