Answers.Body: <p>You can via the search box:</p>
  
  <pre><code>myCategoriesField:"some category title"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>See <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/searching" rel="nofollow">http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/searching</a> for details on the syntax.</p>
  
  <p>We do plan on making it possible to add category/tag filters to the element indexes though, including the modal selection windows.</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong> You can add a list of categories to the Entries page sidebar using the <a href="https://github.com/pixelandtonic/CategorySources" rel="nofollow">Category Sources</a> plugin.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: This is huge for me. I have channels with hundreds of entries that don't have any logical order to them. My content editors are going to struggle with a search syntax. Similarly for assets. I don't want to use folders and sub-folders as I think it is the wrong way to go. My front end allows for category filtering so it would be great to provide the ability to have this in the CP. I do have a special front end page that connects content editors directly to the entry editing page, but they have to go out to that page and back in again.
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Answers.Text: Is this new feature slated for 2.2?
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Body: <p>Is there any way of filtering by category in the control panel entries list?</p>
  
  <p>Likewise, is there for an "entries" field (like how Playa lets you filter by channel, category)?</p>
  
Tags: <categories><control-panel>
Title: Filtering/searching for entries by category in the control panel
ThreadText: # Filtering/searching for entries by category in the control panel
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-22)
  
  Is there any way of filtering by category in the control panel entries list?
  
  Likewise, is there for an "entries" field (like how Playa lets you filter by channel, category)?
  
  **Tags:** categories, control-panel
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-08-23. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  You can via the search box:
  
  ```
  myCategoriesField:"some category title"
  
  ```
  
  See <http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/searching> for details on the syntax.
  
  We do plan on making it possible to add category/tag filters to the element indexes though, including the modal selection windows.
  
  ---
  
  **Update:** You can add a list of categories to the Entries page sidebar using the [Category Sources](https://github.com/pixelandtonic/CategorySources) plugin.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Is this new feature slated for 2.2?  
  > **username_1**: We don’t have a specific release in mind for it yet.  
  > **username_2**: This is huge for me. I have channels with hundreds of entries that don't have any logical order to them. My content editors are going to struggle with a search syntax. Similarly for assets. I don't want to use folders and sub-folders as I think it is the wrong way to go. My front end allows for category filtering so it would be great to provide the ability to have this in the CP. I do have a special front end page that connects content editors directly to the entry editing page, but they have to go out to that page and back in again.  
  > **username_1**: @username_2 Just updated this answer with a link to [Category Sources](https://github.com/pixelandtonic/CategorySources), a plugin that adds categories to the Entries page sidebar.  
  
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