As well as finding things, the search panel can run actions: editor commands offered as results. One of the handiest is creating a tab: when you are inside a diagram and your query looks like you want a new board, search offers a Create new tab result.
When it appears
The action surfaces when your query matches its keywords, for example typing tab, new, create, or add. It only shows inside a diagram, where there is something to add a tab to, never from the Explorer. Create new tab is an ordinary editor command, listed in the Actions group of the results. That group sits below the navigation and element matches, so an actual match still wins the default Enter, and you arrow down to the command to choose it deliberately.
What it does
Picking Create new tab adds a fresh, empty tab to the current diagram and switches to it, the same as the + button on the tab bar, without you leaving the keyboard. From there it is an ordinary tab: rename it, fold it into a folder, or start placing elements.
Think of search actions as shortcuts for "I know what I want to do". The panel doubles as a command palette: alongside creating a tab, it can run many other editor actions, from renaming the tab to sharing the diagram, all matched the same way.
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