Multi-line editor

By default the SOQL input is a single line. That works for most searches, but a query like:

severity:warn AND actor:"player:CharlesSmith" AND ts between "2026-05-19T07:00:00Z" and "2026-05-19T08:00:00Z" AND dataset:"player-actions"

overflows the visible area and is hard to read. The multi-line editor swaps the single-line input for a three-row textarea so you can space the query out.

How to enable it

Click the small ⇲ button in the search toolbar, just to the right of the SOQL label. The input grows to a three-row textarea and the button highlights in orange.

Your preference is remembered in your browser, so you only have to toggle it once.

Submitting from multi-line

In single-line mode, Enter submits the form.

In multi-line mode, Enter inserts a newline (so you can format the query across lines). Use Ctrl+Enter (or Cmd+Enter on macOS) to actually submit.

How autocomplete behaves

Autocomplete keeps working the same way. When the suggestion dropdown is open, pressing Enter accepts the highlighted suggestion (not a newline). That is the same priority order as the single-line input.

When to use it

• Long queries with many AND clauses
• Queries with explicit ts between time bounds
• When you are still drafting and want to see the whole expression at once

For short queries the single-line input is usually fine. The toggle is there for power users.

What it does not do

The editor does not have syntax highlighting or auto-indent. SOQL is a small enough language that those would add visual noise without much help. The SOQL reference is the source of truth for syntax.