# Move search in view closer to Name field

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/move-search-in-view-closer-to-name-field/10641>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Tags:** views\
**Created:** [March 24, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/move-search-in-view-closer-to-name-field/10641 "2026-03-24T15:58:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ID.000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/id.000/32/14109_2.png) [@ID.000](https://community.fibery.io/u/ID.000)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/move-search-in-view-closer-to-name-field/10641/1 "2026-03-24T15:58:34Z")

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Currently, the search box for entities is placed in the **top-right corner of the view**. However, in most database tables the **primary field (entity name) is located on the left side**, which is also where users visually focus first when scanning records.

Because of this, searching for entities often requires moving attention across the entire interface.

**Suggestion:**  
It would be great to allow **placing the search field on the top-left side of the view** , closer to the primary column.

This could be implemented as either:

- a setting for the view (search position: left / right), or

- a general UI preference.

This would make entity search feel more natural and reduce visual scanning distance, especially in views where the primary field is heavily used.

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Arthur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/nathan_arthur/32/13677_2.png) [@Nathan\_Arthur](https://community.fibery.io/u/Nathan_Arthur)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/move-search-in-view-closer-to-name-field/10641/2 "2026-03-24T16:25:37Z")

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> [@ID.000](#):
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> Because of this, searching for entities often requires moving attention across the entire interface.

I/we experience an issue that seems related: I and other users often get confused because we forget that we have used the search field - so we can’t see all the records we expect to see, and we don’t know why. I usually spend a bit trying to figure out if my filters are misconfigured before I remember to check the search field to see if I have something typed there. It would help a lot if the search was next to the filter buttons.