# Include whiteboard content in global search and references **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Features\ **Tags:** search\ **Created:** [August 1, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/include-whiteboard-content-in-global-search-and-references/6466 "2024-08-01T12:34:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Dejaegher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/ryan_dejaegher/32/8050_2.png) [@Ryan\_Dejaegher](https://community.fibery.io/u/Ryan_Dejaegher)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/include-whiteboard-content-in-global-search-and-references/6466/1 "2024-08-01T12:34:44Z")
Currently whiteboard filenames are searchable in global search but text within the whiteboards is not included as part of search. A whiteboard may contain a decent amount of text that would be useful for finding relevant whiteboard files. Without this you’re limited to searching by the filename which may not have the context you’re looking for. I would really like this as I’ve tried to use Whiteboards as a first step to thinking through ideas/problems but I end up returning to something like Obsidian + Exclidraw because I can search and find content across whiteboards. With Fibery whiteboard content I don’t trust that I will easily be able to find the content I’m looking for in the future ---
**Author:** ![Mircea\_Braescu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mircea_braescu/32/9729_2.png) [@Mircea\_Braescu](https://community.fibery.io/u/Mircea_Braescu)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/include-whiteboard-content-in-global-search-and-references/6466/2 "2024-08-01T13:55:45Z")
That sounds like a good idea. Whiteboards right now are somewhat of a blackbox, and you don’t know from the outside what’s in there. ---
**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/include-whiteboard-content-in-global-search-and-references/6466/3 "2025-02-13T13:56:30Z")
Now you can find text on whiteboard > [@February 13, 2025 / horse Dependencies on a Timeline, Sidebar changes, Searching text on a Whiteboard, Performance fixes](https://community.fibery.io/t/february-13-2025-dependencies-on-a-timeline-sidebar-changes-searching-text-on-a-whiteboard-performance-fixes/8263#p-30759-left-sidebar-changes-2): > > Today’s release has a lot of major and minor changes. We’re also experimenting with video format with some informal explanations, so let us know whether it is useful and we will continue doing it. v Dependencies on a Timeline View Dependency management was one of the top requested capability in Fibery (well, the top). Now you can create dependencies between same-database entities, visualize them on Timeline View and enjoy automatic dates shift when manipulating cards on Timeline View. ---
**Author:** ![mediamuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@mediamuse](https://community.fibery.io/u/mediamuse)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/include-whiteboard-content-in-global-search-and-references/6466/4 "2025-10-16T12:34:32Z")
This is _the one thing_ I keep watching. Whiteboards seem to remain a blackbox, despite the paradigm of seamless connectivity and automatic insight scaffolding. Afaics, they can be searched once one is on them, but not globally, from the outside. So whitebox when you are at the right place, blackbox in all other cases. With all the upgrades WBs receive in their substance, this would make this missing function/integration more and more precious for practical use, systems connectivity and insight generation! Still hoping to see this one day! 🙂