I’m aware that Cmd+/ launches a search box, but it only searches through the menu and plugin actions. It would be great if there was a global search feature that helped navigate to not only these actions but also Frames, groups, and their contents, similar to Sketch Runner. I’m also aware of figma plugins that are capable of doing this, but I yet navigate to the plugin first — an unnecessary step that would be solved if this global search could be directly launched if supported natively, unless I’m missing something where shortcuts can be assigned to plugin actions.
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Yay, Finally someone brought this up. 
The most 
thing is with Cmd+/, the user’s focal point is always zigzagging back and forth, and before long your eyeballs are sore and mind concentration decentralized
I am fully aware that putting the menus atop the corner there makes the UI looks clean and effortless, good job on that! But please take this proposal into consideration from a psychological standpoint.
I thought it might have been a habit or personal preference kind of thing two years ago when I made the transition to Figma, so I ignored all my instincts and tried to get use to it, but nah 
its just… it needs work.
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For Mac and Alfred users there is a nice Alfred workflow.
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@kevindmello Might I suggest extending this idea to also encompass the searching for and execution of commands? That’s what makes Sketch Runner so powerful! For example, you can look for an asset and insert it into a page, all without leaving the keyboard.
This pattern also solves the problem with keyboard shortcuts – they can be hard to remember and with a limited number of keys, it’s also not a scalable solution.
With a Sketch Runner-like search, you only need to remember a single shortcut. One shortcut to rule all keyboard shortcuts.
This Github script shows only partial menu results for some reason, for example, searching the menu name of a plugin I have installed, it displays empty↓
I got rid of the "m " prefixion, but that wasn’t the cause.
So I figured that you can assign an application shortcut to Figma in macOS, pointing to the plugin of your choice, and it works as if a native feature despite a slight lag. Check the screenshot.
I did try Alfred but, if I understood it correctly, shortcuts like these are part of its paid features.
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This is exactly what I’ve been looking for!… well, it comes close. It only works for local components, which I understand is a constraint of the Figma API, but still. I appreciate the share!
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YAY, This proposal is fulfilled! The gods have answered our prayers 
Good job everyone
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xiaolaohu yyds!!!
I’d love for Figma to come up with a global solution to this. Having something similar to Sketch Runner would be incredible.
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Prayers answered🙏
Would still love the ability to navigate between different pages and files through this menu
Figma Walker and Butler are both unusable for the size of our document. Every request we tried just ended up freezing Figma.
It would be better if the @Figma team listened and actually implemented a Search underneath the Layers tab, exactly like you guys did in the Assets tab.
I find it puzzling that it isn’t already implemented, actually…
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Can you share a bit more of what you did. I installed the workflow, set a hotkey but when I call it up I don’t get any menubar item?
Just released a plugin that allows for global search across all of your Figma teams: Figma - Supersearch | Fast search across all of your Figma files. This is different from all other Figma search plugin...
It’s super fast and won’t slow down on large files.
on an Intel Mac you need the 1.6 version → GitHub - BenziAhamed/Menu-Bar-Search at 28a045b6943691cd8e99b8d346ff19a56246ef12
I often find myself having to check a quick thing in another file or page and navigating through the normal file system is getting painful. It’s too slow and too many clicks to not break my flow when working.
In most code editors (e.g. VS Code, Sublime Text), there is “⌘+P” that opens a search and lets you open any file super quickly.
What about something like that in Figma? 
Hello, if anyone use plugin like you describe above but with graphic preview exactly like in sketch? When you have 2000+ components and symbols, it could be difficult and search through name only. 