diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26b7952..05744f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ To exit the application, press `Ctrl-D`.
 ### Navigation and Nesting
 
 Create tasks and navigate using the shortcuts below.
-Whichever task is selected / "active"
+Whichever task is active (selected)
 will be the parent task for newly created tasks
 and automatically has time-tracking running.
 To track task progress,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Generally a flat hierarchy is recommended
 with tags for filtering,
 since hierarchies cannot be changed.
 Filtering by a tag is just as easy
-as selecting a task and more flexible.
+as activating a task and more flexible.
 
 Using subtasks has two main advantages:
 - ability to accumulate time tracked
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ when the application is terminated regularly.
 - `TASK` - create task
 - `.` - clear filters and reload
 - `.TASK`
-  + select task by id
+  + activate task by id
   + match by task name prefix: if one or more tasks match, filter / activate (tries case-sensitive then case-insensitive)
   + no match: create & activate task
 - `.2` - set view depth to `2`, which can be substituted for any number (how many subtask levels to show, default 1)
+- `/[TEXT]` - like `.`, but never creates a task
 
 Dots can be repeated to move to parent tasks.
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9799ca7..a0eb38c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -365,6 +365,38 @@ async fn main() {
                         }
                     }
 
+                    Some('/') => {
+                        let mut dots = 1;
+                        let mut pos = tasks.get_position();
+                        for _ in iter.take_while(|c| c == &'/') {
+                            dots += 1;
+                            pos = tasks.get_parent(pos).cloned();
+                        }
+                        let slice = &input[dots..].to_ascii_lowercase();
+                        if slice.is_empty() {
+                            tasks.move_to(pos);
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        if let Ok(depth) = slice.parse::<i8>() {
+                            tasks.move_to(pos);
+                            tasks.depth = depth;
+                        } else {
+                            let filtered = tasks
+                                .children_of(pos)
+                                .into_iter()
+                                .filter_map(|child| tasks.get_by_id(&child))
+                                .filter(|t| t.event.content.to_ascii_lowercase().starts_with(slice))
+                                .map(|t| t.event.id)
+                                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                            if filtered.len() == 1 {
+                                tasks.move_to(filtered.into_iter().nth(0));
+                            } else {
+                                tasks.move_to(pos);
+                                tasks.set_filter(filtered);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     _ => {
                         tasks.filter_or_create(&input);
                     }
diff --git a/src/tasks.rs b/src/tasks.rs
index 11f575c..1db679f 100644
--- a/src/tasks.rs
+++ b/src/tasks.rs
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ impl Tasks {
     fn current_task(&self) -> Option<&Task> {
         self.position.and_then(|id| self.get_by_id(&id))
     }
+    
+    pub(crate) fn children_of(&self, id: Option<EventId>) -> impl IntoIterator<Item=&EventId> + '_ {
+        self.tasks
+            .values()
+            .filter(move |t| t.parent_id() == id.as_ref())
+            .map(|t| t.get_id())
+    }
 
     pub(crate) fn current_tasks(&self) -> Vec<&Task> {
         if self.depth == 0 {
@@ -265,13 +272,9 @@ impl Tasks {
             // Currently ignores filter when it matches nothing
             return res;
         }
-        self.resolve_tasks(
-            self.tasks
-                .values()
-                .filter(|t| t.parent_id() == self.position.as_ref())
-                .map(|t| t.get_id()),
-        ).into_iter()
+        self.resolve_tasks(self.children_of(self.position)).into_iter()
             .filter(|t| {
+                // TODO apply filters in transit
                 let state = t.pure_state();
                 self.state.as_ref().map_or_else(|| {
                     state == State::Open || (
@@ -388,13 +391,11 @@ impl Tasks {
     pub(crate) fn flush(&self) {
         self.sender.flush();
     }
-
-    /// Finds out what to do with the given string.
-    /// Returns an EventId when a new Task was created.
-    pub(crate) fn filter_or_create(&mut self, arg: &str) -> Option<EventId> {
+    
+    /// Returns ids of tasks matching the filter.
+    pub(crate) fn get_filtered(&self, arg: &str) -> Vec<EventId> {
         if let Ok(id) = EventId::parse(arg) {
-            self.move_to(Some(id));
-            return None;
+            return vec![id];
         }
         let tasks = self.current_tasks();
         let mut filtered: Vec<EventId> = Vec::with_capacity(tasks.len());
@@ -403,17 +404,23 @@ impl Tasks {
         for task in tasks {
             let lowercase = task.event.content.to_ascii_lowercase();
             if lowercase == lowercase_arg {
-                self.move_to(Some(task.event.id));
-                return None
+                return vec![task.event.id]
             } else if task.event.content.starts_with(arg) {
                 filtered.push(task.event.id)
             } else if lowercase.starts_with(&lowercase_arg) {
                 filtered_more.push(task.event.id)
             }
         }
-        if filtered.len() == 0 { 
-            filtered = filtered_more
+        if filtered.len() == 0 {
+            return filtered_more
         }
+        return filtered
+    }
+
+    /// Finds out what to do with the given string.
+    /// Returns an EventId if a new Task was created.
+    pub(crate) fn filter_or_create(&mut self, arg: &str) -> Option<EventId> {
+        let filtered = self.get_filtered(arg);
         match filtered.len() {
             0 => {
                 // No match, new task