diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/quick_search.js b/src/public/app/widgets/quick_search.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d979e04e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/quick_search.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import BasicWidget from "./basic_widget.js";
+import server from "../services/server.js";
+import linkService from "../services/link.js";
+import treeCache from "../services/tree_cache.js";
+import utils from "../services/utils.js";
+
+const TPL = `
+<div class="quick-search input-group input-group-sm" style="width: 250px;">
+  <style>
+    .quick-search .dropdown-menu {
+        max-height: 600px;
+        max-width: 400px;
+        overflow-y: auto;
+        overflow-x: hidden;
+        text-overflow: ellipsis;
+        box-shadow: 10px 10px 93px -25px black;
+    }
+  </style>
+  
+  <input type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm search-string" placeholder="Quick search">
+  <div class="input-group-append">
+    <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary search-button" type="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
+        <span class="bx bx-search"></span>
+    </button>
+    <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right">
+      <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
+      <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
+      <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
+      <div role="separator" class="dropdown-divider"></div>
+      <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Separated link</a>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  </div>
+</div>`;
+
+const MAX_DISPLAYED_NOTES = 20;
+
+export default class QuickSearchWidget extends BasicWidget {
+    doRender() {
+        this.$widget = $(TPL);
+        this.overflowing();
+
+        this.$searchString = this.$widget.find('.search-string');
+        this.$dropdownMenu = this.$widget.find('.dropdown-menu');
+        this.$dropdownToggle = this.$widget.find('.search-button');
+
+        this.$widget.find('.input-group-append').on('show.bs.dropdown', () => this.search());
+
+        utils.bindElShortcut(this.$searchString, 'return', () => {
+            this.$dropdownToggle.dropdown('show');
+
+            this.$searchString.focus();
+        });
+
+        return this.$widget;
+    }
+
+    async search() {
+        this.$dropdownMenu.empty();
+        this.$dropdownMenu.append('<span class="dropdown-item disabled"><span class="bx bx-loader bx-spin"></span> Searching ...</span>');
+
+        const resultNoteIds = await server.get('quick-search/' + encodeURIComponent(this.$searchString.val()));
+
+        const displayedNoteIds = resultNoteIds.slice(0, Math.min(MAX_DISPLAYED_NOTES, resultNoteIds.length));
+
+        this.$dropdownMenu.empty();
+
+        this.$dropdownMenu.append('<div class="dropdown-item"><button class="btn btn-sm">Show in full search</button></div>');
+
+        if (displayedNoteIds.length === 0) {
+            this.$dropdownMenu.append('<span class="dropdown-item disabled">No results found</span>');
+        }
+
+        for (const note of await treeCache.getNotes(displayedNoteIds)) {
+            const $link = await linkService.createNoteLink(note.noteId, {showNotePath: true});
+            $link.addClass('dropdown-item');
+
+            this.$dropdownMenu.append($link);
+        }
+
+        if (resultNoteIds.length > MAX_DISPLAYED_NOTES) {
+            this.$dropdownMenu.append(`<span class="dropdown-item disabled">... and ${resultNoteIds.length - MAX_DISPLAYED_NOTES} more results.</span>`);
+        }
+
+        this.$dropdownToggle.dropdown('update');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/standard_top_widget.js b/src/public/app/widgets/standard_top_widget.js
index ee18e22f9..90055ea7c 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/standard_top_widget.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/standard_top_widget.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import BasicWidget from "./basic_widget.js";
 import HistoryNavigationWidget from "./history_navigation.js";
 import protectedSessionService from "../services/protected_session.js";
+import QuickSearchWidget from "./quick_search.js";
 
 const TPL = `
 <div class="standard-top-widget">
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ const TPL = `
         height: 35px;
     }
     
-    .standard-top-widget button {
+    .standard-top-widget button:not(.search-button) {
         padding: 1px 5px 1px 5px;
         font-size: 90%;
         margin-bottom: 2px;
@@ -84,6 +85,11 @@ export default class StandardTopWidget extends BasicWidget {
 
         this.$widget.prepend(historyNavigationWidget.render());
 
+        const quickSearchWidget = new QuickSearchWidget();
+        this.child(quickSearchWidget);
+
+        this.$widget.append(quickSearchWidget.render());
+
         this.$enterProtectedSessionButton = this.$widget.find(".enter-protected-session-button");
         this.$enterProtectedSessionButton.on('click', protectedSessionService.enterProtectedSession);
 
diff --git a/src/routes/api/search.js b/src/routes/api/search.js
index d15916c10..d5969afac 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/search.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/search.js
@@ -200,6 +200,19 @@ async function searchFromRelation(note, relationName) {
     return typeof result[0] === 'string' ? result : result.map(item => item.noteId);
 }
 
+function quickSearch(req) {
+    const {searchString} = req.params;
+
+    const searchContext = new SearchContext({
+        fastSearch: false,
+        includeArchivedNotes: false,
+        fuzzyAttributeSearch: false
+    });
+
+    return searchService.findNotesWithQuery(searchString, searchContext)
+        .map(sr => sr.noteId);
+}
+
 function getRelatedNotes(req) {
     const attr = req.body;
 
@@ -276,5 +289,6 @@ function formatValue(val) {
 module.exports = {
     searchFromNote,
     searchAndExecute,
-    getRelatedNotes
+    getRelatedNotes,
+    quickSearch
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/routes.js b/src/routes/routes.js
index 0bf7b25cb..d8b4c6b9e 100644
--- a/src/routes/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes/routes.js
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ function register(app) {
     route(POST, '/api/sender/image', [auth.checkToken, uploadMiddleware], senderRoute.uploadImage, apiResultHandler);
     route(POST, '/api/sender/note', [auth.checkToken], senderRoute.saveNote, apiResultHandler);
 
+    apiRoute(GET, '/api/quick-search/:searchString', searchRoute.quickSearch);
     apiRoute(GET, '/api/search-note/:noteId', searchRoute.searchFromNote);
     apiRoute(POST, '/api/search-and-execute-note/:noteId', searchRoute.searchAndExecute);
     apiRoute(POST, '/api/search-related', searchRoute.getRelatedNotes);
diff --git a/src/services/search/search_context.js b/src/services/search/search_context.js
index 01691e472..864878bae 100644
--- a/src/services/search/search_context.js
+++ b/src/services/search/search_context.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 "use strict";
 
+const cls = require('../cls');
+
 class SearchContext {
     constructor(params = {}) {
         this.fastSearch = !!params.fastSearch;
-        this.ancestorNoteId = params.ancestorNoteId;
+        this.ancestorNoteId = params.ancestorNoteId || cls.getHoistedNoteId();
         this.ancestorDepth = params.ancestorDepth;
         this.includeArchivedNotes = !!params.includeArchivedNotes;
         this.orderBy = params.orderBy;