diff --git a/gui/designwidget.cc b/gui/designwidget.cc
index 5107fbee..e8c05ef9 100644
--- a/gui/designwidget.cc
+++ b/gui/designwidget.cc
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ DesignWidget::DesignWidget(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent), ctx(nullptr), sel
     propertyEditor->treeWidget()->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
     propertyEditor->treeWidget()->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection);
 
-    QLineEdit *lineEdit = new QLineEdit();
-    lineEdit->setClearButtonEnabled(true);
-    lineEdit->addAction(QIcon(":/icons/resources/zoom.png"), QLineEdit::LeadingPosition);
-    lineEdit->setPlaceholderText("Search...");
+    searchEdit = new QLineEdit();
+    searchEdit->setClearButtonEnabled(true);
+    searchEdit->addAction(QIcon(":/icons/resources/zoom.png"), QLineEdit::LeadingPosition);
+    searchEdit->setPlaceholderText("Search...");
+    connect(searchEdit, SIGNAL(returnPressed()), this, SLOT(onSearchInserted()));
 
     actionFirst = new QAction("", this);
     actionFirst->setIcon(QIcon(":/icons/resources/resultset_first.png"));
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ DesignWidget::DesignWidget(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent), ctx(nullptr), sel
     topWidget->setLayout(vbox1);
     vbox1->setSpacing(5);
     vbox1->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
-    vbox1->addWidget(lineEdit);
+    vbox1->addWidget(searchEdit);
     vbox1->addWidget(treeView);
 
     QWidget *toolbarWidget = new QWidget();
@@ -714,4 +715,19 @@ void DesignWidget::onItemDoubleClicked(QTreeWidgetItem *item, int column)
 }
 
 void DesignWidget::onDoubleClicked(const QModelIndex &index) { Q_EMIT zoomSelected(); }
+
+void DesignWidget::onSearchInserted()
+{
+    if (currentSearch == searchEdit->text()) {
+        currentIndex++;
+        if (currentIndex >= currentSearchIndexes.size())
+            currentIndex = 0;
+    } else {
+        currentSearch = searchEdit->text();
+        currentSearchIndexes = treeModel->search(searchEdit->text());
+        currentIndex = 0;
+    }
+    if (currentSearchIndexes.size() > 0 && currentIndex < currentSearchIndexes.size())
+        selectionModel->setCurrentIndex(currentSearchIndexes.at(currentIndex), QItemSelectionModel::ClearAndSelect);
+}
 NEXTPNR_NAMESPACE_END
diff --git a/gui/designwidget.h b/gui/designwidget.h
index 27ead589..535fd0c3 100644
--- a/gui/designwidget.h
+++ b/gui/designwidget.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class DesignWidget : public QWidget
     void onSelectionChanged(const QItemSelection &selected, const QItemSelection &deselected);
     void onItemDoubleClicked(QTreeWidgetItem *item, int column);
     void onDoubleClicked(const QModelIndex &index);
+    void onSearchInserted();
   public Q_SLOTS:
     void newContext(Context *ctx);
     void updateTree();
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ class DesignWidget : public QWidget
     QTreeView *treeView;
     QItemSelectionModel *selectionModel;
     ContextTreeModel *treeModel;
+    QLineEdit *searchEdit;
     QtVariantPropertyManager *variantManager;
     QtVariantPropertyManager *readOnlyManager;
     QtGroupPropertyManager *groupManager;
@@ -98,6 +100,10 @@ class DesignWidget : public QWidget
 
     QColor highlightColors[8];
     QMap<ContextTreeItem *, int> highlightSelected;
+
+    QString currentSearch;
+    QList<QModelIndex> currentSearchIndexes;
+    int currentIndex;
 };
 
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diff --git a/gui/treemodel.cc b/gui/treemodel.cc
index 59391f02..d79e38de 100644
--- a/gui/treemodel.cc
+++ b/gui/treemodel.cc
@@ -326,4 +326,19 @@ Qt::ItemFlags ContextTreeModel::flags(const QModelIndex &index) const
     ContextTreeItem *node = nodeFromIndex(index);
     return Qt::ItemIsEnabled | (node->type() != ElementType::NONE ? Qt::ItemIsSelectable : Qt::NoItemFlags);
 }
+
+QList<QModelIndex> ContextTreeModel::search(QString text)
+{
+    QList<QModelIndex> list;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+        for (auto key : nameToItem[i].keys()) {
+            if (key.contains(text, Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+                list.append(indexFromNode(nameToItem[i].value(key)));
+                if (list.count() > 500)
+                    break; // limit to 500 results
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return list;
+}
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diff --git a/gui/treemodel.h b/gui/treemodel.h
index a85c290a..c14efa90 100644
--- a/gui/treemodel.h
+++ b/gui/treemodel.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class ContextTreeModel : public QAbstractItemModel
     ContextTreeItem *nodeFromIndex(const QModelIndex &idx) const;
     QModelIndex indexFromNode(ContextTreeItem *node);
     ContextTreeItem *nodeForIdType(const ElementType type, const QString name) const;
+    QList<QModelIndex> search(QString text);
     // Override QAbstractItemModel methods
     int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     int columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;