# Keyboard handling issues when creating new entities via Global Search

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/keyboard-handling-issues-when-creating-new-entities-via-global-search/5065>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [September 1, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/keyboard-handling-issues-when-creating-new-entities-via-global-search/5065 "2023-09-01T19:50:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Blais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/matt_blais/32/1464_2.png) [@Matt\_Blais](https://community.fibery.io/u/Matt_Blais)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/keyboard-handling-issues-when-creating-new-entities-via-global-search/5065/1 "2023-09-01T19:50:36Z")

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It’s a very useful feature to be able to create a new entity via `Ctrl+k` Global Search. 😀

However, the keyboard handling for this procedure is very cumbersome.

**Currently one must do this:**

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1. `Ctrl+k` to bring up global search
2. (Type new entity name)
3. `TAB` to move keyboard focus to DB selector
4. _ **`Space` or `ENTER` to activate keyboard input for DB selector** _
5. (Type partial DB name, maybe use cursor keys to select the DB)
6. _ **`ENTER` to \*really\* select the DB** _
7. _ **`Shift+TAB` to move keyboard focus back to search field** _
8. `ENTER` to create the new entity

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- Step 4 should not be necessary - after TABbing to the DB selector field, one should be able to immediately type-to-filter.
- Step 6 should not be necessary, as a DB is already highlighted (“selected”).
- If `Ctrl+ENTER` could be accepted as “Do It Now” (when the keyboard focus is in either field) that would also make things faster.

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**Related issue:**

Filtering DBs in Global Search is broken – if I type “project”, my “Project” DB is not selected, but rather my “Page” DB:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/0/029832bc07eb5a6b722f2bc8918f9fe051e8b4bb.png)

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**Author:** ![Sarah\_Arminta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/sarah_arminta/32/4915_2.png) [@Sarah\_Arminta](https://community.fibery.io/u/Sarah_Arminta)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/keyboard-handling-issues-when-creating-new-entities-via-global-search/5065/2 "2023-09-02T02:02:41Z")

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Yes, I feel the pain of this too. Also when creating entities inline.

I do this action so often I would love to see some sort of keyboard shortcut. Maybe “#”? Enter the name of the entity, then “#” without a space, then the DB picker comes up.

It would also be handy for me to be able to create a new DB “type” this way, in a default space, with only name and description to start.

Anyway, just some of my thoughts.