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In the terminal

⌘ F opens the find bar over the focused pane and searches its whole scrollback, not just the visible screen. Two toggles sit in the bar:
  • Match case — off by default, so a lowercase query matches anything.
  • Use regular expression — the query becomes a regex. An invalid pattern is shown as an error rather than silently matching nothing.
Matches are highlighted in place and the view scrolls to each one as you step through. On Windows and Linux the shortcuts are Ctrl ⇧ F to open, F3 and ⇧ F3 to step.
Searching the scrollback

Placeholder — screenshot: the find bar with matches highlighted in the scrollback

How much there is to search is Settings → Terminal → Scrolling → Scrollback — 10,000 lines per pane by default, up to 100,000. The change applies to new panes.

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Everywhere else

tty7 leans on the same pattern in a lot of places. All of them are type-to-filter, no button to press: