Search & Navigation

Search within documents and navigate the document tree in NocoDocs.

NocoDocs provides several tools for navigating large documents and finding content quickly.

Search & Replace

Use the built-in search to find text within the current document:

  1. Press Cmd/Ctrl + F to open the search bar.
  2. Type your search term — matching text is highlighted in the document.
  3. Use the arrow buttons to jump between matches.
  4. Expand the search bar to reveal the Replace field for find-and-replace operations.

Search bar with highlighted matches

A breadcrumb trail appears at the top of the editor showing the current document's position in the document hierarchy.

  • Click any parent in the breadcrumb to navigate to it.
  • Useful for quickly jumping up the document tree without using the sidebar.

Breadcrumb navigation showing parent and child document

Collapsible Headings

Long documents can be navigated more easily using collapsible headings:

  1. Hover over any heading (H1, H2, H3) in the document.
  2. Click the toggle arrow that appears to the left of the heading.
  3. All content under that heading (up to the next heading of the same or higher level) will collapse.
  4. Click the arrow again to expand.

This lets you create an outline-like view of your document, focusing on the sections that matter.

The left sidebar shows your document tree:

  • Expand / Collapse — Click the arrow next to a document to show or hide its children.
  • Lazy Loading — Child documents load on demand when you expand a parent, keeping the sidebar fast.
  • Current Document Highlight — The active document is highlighted in the sidebar for orientation.