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Find everything in All Materials

Search and sort collections, readings, images, PDFs, notes and highlights from one private index.

01

One private dashboard

All Materials combines owner-scoped account objects with device-only PDF names merged in the browser. Its closed filter covers collections, every web reading, articles, sites, images, videos, audio and podcasts, maps, social posts, documents and books, PDFs, and research. Filtering occurs before account count and pagination; collection, match-all tags, query, sort and display state remain independent and composable.

Its + Add menu remains available whether the view is populated, empty or filtered: URL / bookmark, Image, PDF and Research open four explicit first-party intakes. Search accepts bookmark details, an exact source URL or words recovered from the saved content; each suggestion shows a bounded private excerpt so a match beyond its title or tags is understandable before opening it.

  1. Open Library, then All Materials; choose + Add whenever a new source should enter.
  2. Type at least two characters in Search bookmark details, URL or full text. Use Arrow Up/Down and Enter, Escape, or direct pointer selection to open the exact collection, reading, image, PDF, note or highlight; press Enter without choosing a suggestion to submit the complete search.
  3. Narrow by content family, collection or match-all tags, choose a saved/update/open/title sort, then choose List, Grid or Tag View.
02

Know whether to wait, add, clear or retry

Dashboard is a first-level signed-in destination. Its route fallback names the private index while account data loads, and the result waits for this browser's PDF metadata before declaring an empty view.

A genuinely empty unconstrained dashboard offers four exact first actions: save an unfetched bookmark, add a private image, open a local-first PDF or write a research object. A constrained empty result instead clears search and filters. An account-index read error preserves the separate Library, Images, PDF and Research surfaces and offers an explicit retry.

  1. Choose Dashboard in the signed-in navigation or search Dashboard in All tools.
  2. If the browser is still checking local PDFs, wait for the live status to settle.
  3. Follow the state-specific action: add the first material, clear constraints or retry the dashboard.
03

List, Grid and Tag View

List keeps every object in a separate scannable text row. Grid places every material on equal footing and paints an owner-private saved image or custom publication cover when one exists; objects without an eligible bitmap retain a semantic cover instead of contacting their original website.

Hide labels turns each Grid tile into a visual exact-object link whose accessible name remains available to keyboards and assistive technology. Tag View groups only the loaded page, may repeat a multi-tag object across groups and keeps the summary count unique.

  1. Choose List, Grid or Tag View from Material display; search, filter, collection and sort state carry across views while a view change returns to page one.
  2. In Grid, choose Hide labels for a visual shelf and Show labels to restore metadata.
  3. Open any tile, title or row to reach that exact collection, reading, image, PDF, note or highlight.
04

Dates, order and device boundaries

Saved date remains separate from source or metadata update time. All Materials orders every matching account object before count and pagination by last update, newest or oldest save, last open or title, with type and immutable ID breaking otherwise identical keys. Progress remains a publication-only order because collections, images, PDFs and research objects do not share a meaningful reading fraction.

Collection order is manual and available only inside one collection. Choosing Last updated explicitly leaves manual order; it never silently falls back. An account PDF opened from this browser updates Last opened without rewriting the account object's Last updated date. A device-only PDF uses its own local shelf timestamps and joins only page one after the owner-scoped account range is already known.

  1. Choose a Sort value, then Apply. The choice remains in the URL and survives List, Grid or Tag View changes.
  2. Inside a collection, keep Collection order to drag or use the labelled move buttons. Choose a date, open or title order to inspect the same membership without editing its manual rank.
  3. Use the publication shelf when sorting by reading Progress.