Once you open the Documents app, you can find files and folders by their names as well as search through the contents of the .txt, .docx, or other files with the text layers. Documents searches through the files saved locally and through the Google Drive and DropBox folders (if you connect the corresponding cloud services to Documents).
Tip: You can also use the wide-system search (Spotlight) to find files or folders by their names.
Find files and folders & Search through the contents
By default, Documents searches by name of a file or folder only. To enable the file search by contents, go to the Documents settings
> File Manager > enable the Indexing toggle. Please note: this may decrease the app performance.
How to use search in Documents:
- Open any folder or the My Files
section. - Scroll to the top of the screen to reveal the search field.
- Select the search mode under the search bar. You can also choose a file type to search for above the keyboard.
- Start typing the file name or specific word.
- Open any folder or the My Filessection.
- Tap the search field in the upper left corner.
- Select the search mode under the search bar. You can also choose a file type to search for above the keyboard.
- Start typing the file name or specific word.
Note: Once you open a PDF file from the search results, you will not be redirected to the place in the PDF file where the phrase is located. Tap the loupe icon
inside of the PDF file. The phrase you are looking for will appear in the search bar automatically, and you can tap any search suggestion to be redirected to the page where the phrase is located.
inside of the PDF file. The phrase you are looking for will appear in the search bar automatically, and you can tap any search suggestion to be redirected to the page where the phrase is located.