Double Shift Global Search

Double Shift Global Search is a Godot editor plugin that provided the Godot editor with an IntelliJ-style project search popup when Shift is double pressed. It searches files, folders, scenes, scripts, and indexed text lines across the current project.

Features

• Double Shift shortcut from anywhere in the editor.
• Tools menu fallback: Tools > Global Search (Double Shift).
• Ranked search with exact, prefix, substring, token, and lightweight fuzzy subsequence matching.
• Distinct result types for folders, files, scripts, scenes, and text hits.
• Opens scripts, scenes, and resources through Godot's editor APIs.
• Switches to the relevant mode (Script, 2D, or 3D mode) when the opened result has an obvious editor context.
• Selects opened files in the FileSystem dock so the tree expands to the target.
• Creates a visible res://doubleshiftignore.txt ignore file on plugin startup.
• Lets users add noisy results to the ignore file from the search popup.

Installation

1. Copy addons/doubleshiftglobalsearch/ into your Godot project.
2. In Godot, open Project > Project Settings > Plugins.
3. Enable Double Shift Global Search.
4. Press Shift twice quickly to open the search popup.

Usage

• Type to filter results.
• Press Up or Down to move through the result list.
• Press Enter or double-click a result to open it.
• Press Escape to close the popup.
• Use Refresh after large file moves or generated-file changes.
• Select a result and click Ignore to append it to res://doubleshiftignore.txt.

Ignoring Files

The plugin always ignores res://doubleshiftignore.txt, res://.doubleshiftignore, and its own addon folder internally. User-specific ignore patterns belong in res://doubleshiftignore.txt.

The ignore file accepts one file, folder, or glob per line:

res://game/_generated/
res://addons/vendor/
*.tmp

The file is created automatically when the plugin starts. If it is already open inside Godot, Ignore button writes also update the open editor tab so the buffer does not fall behind the on-disk file.

Compatibility

• Godot 4.4 and newer.
• Editor plugin only. It does not add runtime autoloads or exported game code.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.md.