Toolbar

What the middle-column toolbar does, and how it differs from ⌘K / ⌘F

Purpose

The toolbar sits on top of the middle column and changes with the page: Manage list, Explore, collections, and the notification timeline expose different controls. Global search is ⌘K by default, not on this bar.

Middle toolbar: Sync, filters, search field, Knowledge Q&A, status

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Frequent buttons

Button	Job
Sync	Fetch / incrementally sync Stars; spins while running. Uses the product sync icon arrow.triangle.2.circlepath
Filter	Unified filters
Multi-select	Batch operations
List search	Keyword or semantic search for the current list; often ⌘F
Knowledge Q&A	Opens RAG workspace
Link / Clone / AI / CodeFlow	Usually after a repo is selected
Status	Sync, indexing, and official GitHub status; opens GitHub Status when something is wrong

vs shortcuts

Action	Default	Do not confuse with
Search Center	⌘K	Four-scope search, not the list search field
List search	⌘F	Filters the current middle list only
Refresh	⌘R	List or detail, depending on focus
Repo AI	⇧⌘A	Needs Pro + AI setup
RAG	⇧⌘K	Needs Pro

All of these are editable in Shortcuts.

Notes

• Refresh on Explore pages refreshes discovery cache, not a full Stars sync.
• Official GitHub status is public githubstatus.com-style status, not your API quota panel.

Related

• Repository list
• Search Center