diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.cpp
index d51656ff0e..a60f404e31 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
  */
 
 #include <AK/StringBuilder.h>
+#include <AK/Utf8View.h>
 #include <AK/Vector.h>
+#include <LibCore/Timer.h>
 #include <LibGUI/AbstractView.h>
 #include <LibGUI/DragOperation.h>
 #include <LibGUI/Model.h>
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <LibGUI/Painter.h>
 #include <LibGUI/ScrollBar.h>
 #include <LibGUI/TextBox.h>
+#include <LibGfx/Palette.h>
 
 namespace GUI {
 
@@ -44,6 +47,8 @@ AbstractView::AbstractView()
 
 AbstractView::~AbstractView()
 {
+    if (m_searching_timer)
+        m_searching_timer->stop();
     if (m_model)
         m_model->unregister_view({}, *this);
 }
@@ -421,9 +426,13 @@ void AbstractView::set_cursor(ModelIndex index, SelectionUpdate selection_update
 {
     if (!model() || !index.is_valid()) {
         m_cursor_index = {};
+        cancel_searching();
         return;
     }
 
+    if (!m_cursor_index.is_valid() || model()->parent_index(m_cursor_index) != model()->parent_index(index))
+        cancel_searching();
+
     if (model()->is_valid(index)) {
         if (selection_update == SelectionUpdate::Set)
             set_selection(index);
@@ -517,7 +526,152 @@ void AbstractView::keydown_event(KeyEvent& event)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (is_searchable()) {
+        if (event.key() == KeyCode::Key_Backspace) {
+            if (is_searching()) {
+                //if (event.modifiers() == Mod_Ctrl) {
+                // TODO: delete last word
+                //}
+                Utf8View view(m_searching);
+                size_t n_code_points = view.length();
+                if (n_code_points > 1) {
+                    n_code_points--;
+                    StringBuilder sb;
+                    for (auto it = view.begin(); it != view.end(); ++it) {
+                        if (n_code_points == 0)
+                            break;
+                        n_code_points--;
+                        sb.append_code_point(*it);
+                    }
+                    do_search(sb.to_string());
+                    start_searching_timer();
+                } else {
+                    cancel_searching();
+                }
+
+                event.accept();
+                return;
+            }
+        } else if (event.key() == KeyCode::Key_Escape) {
+            if (is_searching()) {
+                cancel_searching();
+
+                event.accept();
+                return;
+            }
+        } else if (!event.ctrl() && !event.alt() && event.code_point() != 0) {
+            StringBuilder sb;
+            sb.append(m_searching);
+            sb.append_code_point(event.code_point());
+            do_search(sb.to_string());
+            start_searching_timer();
+
+            event.accept();
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     Widget::keydown_event(event);
 }
 
+void AbstractView::cancel_searching()
+{
+    m_searching = nullptr;
+    if (m_searching_timer)
+        m_searching_timer->stop();
+    if (m_highlighted_search_index.is_valid()) {
+        m_highlighted_search_index = {};
+        update();
+    }
+}
+
+void AbstractView::start_searching_timer()
+{
+    if (!m_searching_timer) {
+        m_searching_timer = add<Core::Timer>();
+        m_searching_timer->set_single_shot(true);
+        m_searching_timer->on_timeout = [this] {
+            cancel_searching();
+        };
+    }
+    m_searching_timer->set_interval(5 * 1000);
+    m_searching_timer->restart();
+}
+
+void AbstractView::do_search(String&& searching)
+{
+    if (searching.is_empty() || !model()) {
+        cancel_searching();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    auto found_indexes = model()->matches(searching, Model::MatchesFlag::FirstMatchOnly | Model::MatchesFlag::MatchAtStart | Model::MatchesFlag::CaseInsensitive, model()->parent_index(cursor_index()));
+    if (!found_indexes.is_empty() && found_indexes[0].is_valid()) {
+        auto& index = found_indexes[0];
+        m_highlighted_search_index = index;
+        m_searching = move(searching);
+        set_selection(index);
+        scroll_into_view(index);
+        update();
+    }
+}
+
+bool AbstractView::is_searchable() const
+{
+    if (!m_searchable || !model())
+        return false;
+    return model()->is_searchable();
+}
+
+void AbstractView::set_searchable(bool searchable)
+{
+    if (m_searchable == searchable)
+        return;
+    m_searchable = searchable;
+    if (!m_searchable)
+        cancel_searching();
+}
+
+bool AbstractView::is_highlighting_searching(const ModelIndex& index) const
+{
+    return index == m_highlighted_search_index;
+}
+
+void AbstractView::draw_item_text(Gfx::Painter& painter, const ModelIndex& index, bool is_selected, const Gfx::IntRect& text_rect, const StringView& item_text, const Gfx::Font& font, Gfx::TextAlignment alignment, Gfx::TextElision elision)
+{
+    Color text_color;
+    if (is_selected)
+        text_color = is_focused() ? palette().selection_text() : palette().inactive_selection_text();
+    else
+        text_color = index.data(ModelRole::ForegroundColor).to_color(palette().color(foreground_role()));
+    if (is_highlighting_searching(index)) {
+        Utf8View searching_text(searching());
+        auto searching_length = searching_text.length();
+
+        // Highlight the text background first
+        painter.draw_text([&](const Gfx::IntRect& rect, u32) {
+            if (searching_length > 0) {
+                searching_length--;
+                painter.fill_rect(rect.inflated(0, 2), palette().highlight_searching());
+            }
+        },
+            text_rect, item_text, font, alignment, elision);
+
+        // Then draw the text
+        auto highlight_text_color = palette().highlight_searching_text();
+        searching_length = searching_text.length();
+        painter.draw_text([&](const Gfx::IntRect& rect, u32 code_point) {
+            if (searching_length > 0) {
+                searching_length--;
+                painter.draw_glyph_or_emoji(rect.location(), code_point, font, highlight_text_color);
+            } else {
+                painter.draw_glyph_or_emoji(rect.location(), code_point, font, text_color);
+            }
+        },
+            text_rect, item_text, font, alignment, elision);
+    } else {
+        painter.draw_text(text_rect, item_text, font, alignment, text_color, elision);
+    }
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.h b/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.h
index fd3ec89f50..bf676ff099 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <AK/Function.h>
 #include <LibGUI/ModelSelection.h>
 #include <LibGUI/ScrollableWidget.h>
+#include <LibGfx/TextElision.h>
 
 namespace GUI {
 
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ public:
     bool is_editable() const { return m_editable; }
     void set_editable(bool editable) { m_editable = editable; }
 
+    bool is_searching() const { return !m_searching.is_null(); }
+
+    bool is_searchable() const;
+    void set_searchable(bool);
+
     enum EditTrigger {
         None = 0,
         DoubleClicked = 1 << 0,
@@ -138,13 +144,22 @@ protected:
     virtual void remove_selection(const ModelIndex&);
     virtual void toggle_selection(const ModelIndex&);
 
+    void draw_item_text(Gfx::Painter&, const ModelIndex&, bool, const Gfx::IntRect&, const StringView&, const Gfx::Font&, Gfx::TextAlignment, Gfx::TextElision);
+
     virtual void did_scroll() override;
     void set_hovered_index(const ModelIndex&);
     void activate(const ModelIndex&);
     void activate_selected();
     void update_edit_widget_position();
 
+    StringView searching() const { return m_searching; }
+    void cancel_searching();
+    void start_searching_timer();
+    void do_search(String&&);
+    bool is_highlighting_searching(const ModelIndex&) const;
+
     bool m_editable { false };
+    bool m_searchable { true };
     ModelIndex m_edit_index;
     RefPtr<Widget> m_edit_widget;
     Gfx::IntRect m_edit_widget_content_rect;
@@ -154,6 +169,7 @@ protected:
     bool m_might_drag { false };
 
     ModelIndex m_hovered_index;
+    ModelIndex m_highlighted_search_index;
 
     int m_key_column { -1 };
     SortOrder m_sort_order;
@@ -161,6 +177,8 @@ protected:
 private:
     RefPtr<Model> m_model;
     ModelSelection m_selection;
+    String m_searching;
+    RefPtr<Core::Timer> m_searching_timer;
     ModelIndex m_cursor_index;
     unsigned m_edit_triggers { EditTrigger::DoubleClicked | EditTrigger::EditKeyPressed };
     bool m_activates_on_selection { false };
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/ColumnsView.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/ColumnsView.cpp
index 780ec69feb..f1951d0a8a 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/ColumnsView.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/ColumnsView.cpp
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ void ColumnsView::paint_event(PaintEvent& event)
                 icon_rect.right() + 1 + icon_spacing(), row * item_height(),
                 column.width - icon_spacing() - icon_size() - icon_spacing() - icon_spacing() - s_arrow_bitmap_width - icon_spacing(), item_height()
             };
-            auto text = index.data().to_string();
-            painter.draw_text(text_rect, text, Gfx::TextAlignment::CenterLeft, text_color);
+            draw_item_text(painter, index, is_selected_row, text_rect, index.data().to_string(), font_for_index(index), Gfx::TextAlignment::CenterLeft, Gfx::TextElision::None);
 
             bool expandable = model()->row_count(index) > 0;
             if (expandable) {
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.cpp
index f4ed772bd6..dad8a513cc 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.cpp
@@ -627,4 +627,21 @@ void FileSystemModel::set_data(const ModelIndex& index, const Variant& data)
     }
 }
 
+Vector<ModelIndex, 1> FileSystemModel::matches(const StringView& searching, unsigned flags, const ModelIndex& index)
+{
+    Node& node = const_cast<Node&>(this->node(index));
+    node.reify_if_needed();
+    Vector<ModelIndex, 1> found_indexes;
+    for (auto& child : node.children) {
+        if (string_matches(child.name, searching, flags)) {
+            const_cast<Node&>(child).reify_if_needed();
+            found_indexes.append(child.index(Column::Name));
+            if (flags & FirstMatchOnly)
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return found_indexes;
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.h b/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.h
index 2009db5873..203ae3cd98 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.h
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ public:
     virtual bool accepts_drag(const ModelIndex&, const StringView& data_type) override;
     virtual bool is_column_sortable(int column_index) const override { return column_index != Column::Icon; }
     virtual bool is_editable(const ModelIndex&) const override;
+    virtual bool is_searchable() const override { return true; }
     virtual void set_data(const ModelIndex&, const Variant&) override;
+    virtual Vector<ModelIndex, 1> matches(const StringView&, unsigned = MatchesFlag::AllMatching, const ModelIndex& = ModelIndex()) override;
 
     static String timestamp_string(time_t timestamp)
     {
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/FilteringProxyModel.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/FilteringProxyModel.cpp
index a1ca2960cb..622af645aa 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/FilteringProxyModel.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/FilteringProxyModel.cpp
@@ -119,4 +119,17 @@ ModelIndex FilteringProxyModel::map(const ModelIndex& index) const
     return {};
 }
 
+bool FilteringProxyModel::is_searchable() const
+{
+    return m_model.is_searchable();
+}
+
+Vector<ModelIndex, 1> FilteringProxyModel::matches(const StringView& searching, unsigned flags, const ModelIndex& index)
+{
+    auto found_indexes = m_model.matches(searching, flags, index);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < found_indexes.size(); i++)
+        found_indexes[i] = map(found_indexes[i]);
+    return found_indexes;
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/FilteringProxyModel.h b/Libraries/LibGUI/FilteringProxyModel.h
index 422cec1b05..94f53e7d94 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/FilteringProxyModel.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/FilteringProxyModel.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public:
     virtual Variant data(const ModelIndex&, ModelRole = ModelRole::Display) const override;
     virtual void update() override;
     virtual ModelIndex index(int row, int column = 0, const ModelIndex& parent = ModelIndex()) const override;
+    virtual bool is_searchable() const override;
+    virtual Vector<ModelIndex, 1> matches(const StringView&, unsigned = MatchesFlag::AllMatching, const ModelIndex& = ModelIndex()) override;
 
     void set_filter_term(const StringView& term);
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/IconView.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/IconView.cpp
index 442a7c9fa9..c1679f4391 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/IconView.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/IconView.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <AK/StringBuilder.h>
+#include <AK/Utf8View.h>
 #include <LibCore/Timer.h>
 #include <LibGUI/DragOperation.h>
 #include <LibGUI/IconView.h>
@@ -464,13 +465,8 @@ void IconView::paint_event(PaintEvent& event)
             }
         }
 
-        Color text_color;
-        if (item_data.selected)
-            text_color = is_focused() ? palette().selection_text() : palette().inactive_selection_text();
-        else
-            text_color = item_data.index.data(ModelRole::ForegroundColor).to_color(palette().color(foreground_role()));
         painter.fill_rect(item_data.text_rect, background_color);
-        painter.draw_text(item_data.text_rect, item_text.to_string(), font_for_index(item_data.index), Gfx::TextAlignment::Center, text_color, Gfx::TextElision::Right);
+        draw_item_text(painter, item_data.index, item_data.selected, item_data.text_rect, item_text.to_string(), font_for_index(item_data.index), Gfx::TextAlignment::Center, Gfx::TextElision::Right);
 
         if (item_data.index == m_drop_candidate_index) {
             // FIXME: This visualization is not great, as it's also possible to drop things on the text label..
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/Model.h b/Libraries/LibGUI/Model.h
index 7aec5b231a..ed73a16a66 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/Model.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/Model.h
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ public:
         InvalidateAllIndexes = 1 << 0,
     };
 
+    enum MatchesFlag {
+        AllMatching = 0,
+        FirstMatchOnly = 1 << 0,
+        CaseInsensitive = 1 << 1,
+        MatchAtStart = 1 << 2,
+    };
+
     virtual ~Model();
 
     virtual int row_count(const ModelIndex& = ModelIndex()) const = 0;
@@ -70,9 +77,11 @@ public:
     virtual ModelIndex parent_index(const ModelIndex&) const { return {}; }
     virtual ModelIndex index(int row, int column = 0, const ModelIndex& parent = ModelIndex()) const;
     virtual bool is_editable(const ModelIndex&) const { return false; }
+    virtual bool is_searchable() const { return false; }
     virtual void set_data(const ModelIndex&, const Variant&) { }
     virtual int tree_column() const { return 0; }
     virtual bool accepts_drag(const ModelIndex&, const StringView& data_type);
+    virtual Vector<ModelIndex, 1> matches(const StringView&, unsigned = MatchesFlag::AllMatching, const ModelIndex& = ModelIndex()) { return {}; }
 
     virtual bool is_column_sortable([[maybe_unused]] int column_index) const { return true; }
     virtual void sort([[maybe_unused]] int column, SortOrder) { }
@@ -97,6 +106,14 @@ protected:
     void for_each_view(Function<void(AbstractView&)>);
     void did_update(unsigned flags = UpdateFlag::InvalidateAllIndexes);
 
+    static bool string_matches(const StringView& str, const StringView& needle, unsigned flags)
+    {
+        auto case_sensitivity = (flags & CaseInsensitive) ? CaseSensitivity::CaseInsensitive : CaseSensitivity::CaseSensitive;
+        if (flags & MatchAtStart)
+            return str.starts_with(needle, case_sensitivity);
+        return str.contains(needle, case_sensitivity);
+    }
+
     ModelIndex create_index(int row, int column, const void* data = nullptr) const;
 
 private:
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.cpp
index 596938a2d8..0ebe169374 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.cpp
@@ -295,4 +295,17 @@ void SortingProxyModel::set_data(const ModelIndex& proxy_index, const Variant& d
     source().set_data(map_to_source(proxy_index), data);
 }
 
+bool SortingProxyModel::is_searchable() const
+{
+    return source().is_searchable();
+}
+
+Vector<ModelIndex, 1> SortingProxyModel::matches(const StringView& searching, unsigned flags, const ModelIndex& proxy_index)
+{
+    auto found_indexes = source().matches(searching, flags, map_to_source(proxy_index));
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < found_indexes.size(); i++)
+        found_indexes[i] = map_to_proxy(found_indexes[i]);
+    return found_indexes;
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.h b/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.h
index 3b192df6e6..c82e29dc50 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/SortingProxyModel.h
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ public:
     virtual ModelIndex parent_index(const ModelIndex&) const override;
     virtual ModelIndex index(int row, int column, const ModelIndex& parent) const override;
     virtual bool is_editable(const ModelIndex&) const override;
+    virtual bool is_searchable() const override;
     virtual void set_data(const ModelIndex&, const Variant&) override;
+    virtual Vector<ModelIndex, 1> matches(const StringView&, unsigned = MatchesFlag::AllMatching, const ModelIndex& = ModelIndex()) override;
 
     virtual bool is_column_sortable(int column_index) const override;
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/TableView.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/TableView.cpp
index 65fd141183..3f7cef5073 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/TableView.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/TableView.cpp
@@ -127,11 +127,6 @@ void TableView::paint_event(PaintEvent& event)
                             painter.blit(cell_rect.location(), *bitmap, bitmap->rect());
                     }
                 } else {
-                    Color text_color;
-                    if (is_selected_row)
-                        text_color = is_focused() ? palette().selection_text() : palette().inactive_selection_text();
-                    else
-                        text_color = cell_index.data(ModelRole::ForegroundColor).to_color(palette().color(foreground_role()));
                     if (!is_selected_row) {
                         auto cell_background_color = cell_index.data(ModelRole::BackgroundColor);
                         if (cell_background_color.is_valid())
@@ -139,7 +134,7 @@ void TableView::paint_event(PaintEvent& event)
                     }
 
                     auto text_alignment = cell_index.data(ModelRole::TextAlignment).to_text_alignment(Gfx::TextAlignment::CenterLeft);
-                    painter.draw_text(cell_rect, data.to_string(), font_for_index(cell_index), text_alignment, text_color, Gfx::TextElision::Right);
+                    draw_item_text(painter, cell_index, is_selected_row, cell_rect, data.to_string(), font_for_index(cell_index), text_alignment, Gfx::TextElision::Right);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/TreeView.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/TreeView.cpp
index fc79ba0742..7ad0a482cd 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/TreeView.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/TreeView.cpp
@@ -318,10 +318,8 @@ void TreeView::paint_event(PaintEvent& event)
                         if (auto bitmap = data.as_icon().bitmap_for_size(16))
                             painter.blit(cell_rect.location(), *bitmap, bitmap->rect());
                     } else {
-                        if (!is_selected_row)
-                            text_color = cell_index.data(ModelRole::ForegroundColor).to_color(palette().color(foreground_role()));
                         auto text_alignment = cell_index.data(ModelRole::TextAlignment).to_text_alignment(Gfx::TextAlignment::CenterLeft);
-                        painter.draw_text(cell_rect, data.to_string(), font_for_index(cell_index), text_alignment, text_color, Gfx::TextElision::Right);
+                        draw_item_text(painter, cell_index, is_selected_row, cell_rect, data.to_string(), font_for_index(cell_index), text_alignment, Gfx::TextElision::Right);
                     }
                 }
             } else {
@@ -340,8 +338,7 @@ void TreeView::paint_event(PaintEvent& event)
                     icon_rect.right() + 1 + icon_spacing(), rect.y(),
                     rect.width() - icon_size() - icon_spacing(), rect.height()
                 };
-                auto node_text = index.data().to_string();
-                painter.draw_text(text_rect, node_text, font_for_index(index), Gfx::TextAlignment::Center, text_color);
+                draw_item_text(painter, index, is_selected_row, text_rect, index.data().to_string(), font_for_index(index), Gfx::TextAlignment::Center, Gfx::TextElision::None);
                 auto index_at_indent = index;
                 for (int i = indent_level; i > 0; --i) {
                     auto parent_of_index_at_indent = index_at_indent.parent();