# New module finder for selecting modules

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-module-finder-for-selecting-modules/12356>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** feature\
**Created:** [July 3, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-module-finder-for-selecting-modules/12356 "2020-07-03T13:05:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-module-finder-for-selecting-modules/12356/1 "2020-07-03T13:05:34Z")

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As more modules have been added to Slicer, it has become harder browse and select modules (see [[1]](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/all-module-view-doesnt-fit-on-the-screen/12280/9)). To address this, we added a new module finder window. The finder can be displayed by clicking “Search” icon in the module toolbar or using Ctrl/Cmd + F keyboard shortcut.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_ctPDxv8rGg/maxresdefault.jpg "New module finder in 3D Slicer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ctPDxv8rGg)

Features:

- It can select a module using the same number of clicks as the the Ctrl/Cmd-F combobox (type characters, press arrow-down key N times, then press Enter to go to that module)
- Built-in modules can be hidden, so it is easy to find modules installed by extensions
- Module category is shown, so user can learn where to find the module in the categorized module menu (e.g., `Cleaner` module is available in `Surface models->Advanced` category)
- Module can be found by full text search in all the module description (help, acknowledgements, authors)
- Developer information is displayed, such as module type (CLI, C++ loadable, scripted loadable), location, dependencies

Any comments, feedback, suggestions are welcome.