diff --git a/src/public/app/services/note_autocomplete.js b/src/public/app/services/note_autocomplete.js
index 5dbb25c03..648faac8a 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/note_autocomplete.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/note_autocomplete.js
@@ -30,10 +30,22 @@ async function autocompleteSourceForCKEditor(queryText) {
 }
 
 async function autocompleteSource(term, cb, options = {}) {
+    const fastSearch = options.fastSearch === false ? false : true;
+    if (fastSearch === false) {
+        if (term.trim().length === 0){
+            return;
+        }
+        cb(
+            [{
+                noteTitle: term,
+                highlightedNotePathTitle: `Searching...`
+            }]
+        );
+    }
+    
     const activeNoteId = appContext.tabManager.getActiveContextNoteId();
 
-    let results = await server.get(`autocomplete?query=${encodeURIComponent(term)}&activeNoteId=${activeNoteId}`);
-
+    let results = await server.get(`autocomplete?query=${encodeURIComponent(term)}&activeNoteId=${activeNoteId}&fastSearch=${fastSearch}`);
     if (term.trim().length >= 1 && options.allowCreatingNotes) {
         results = [
             {
@@ -45,7 +57,7 @@ async function autocompleteSource(term, cb, options = {}) {
         ].concat(results);
     }
 
-    if (term.trim().length >= 1 && options.allowSearchNotes) {
+    if (term.trim().length >= 1 && options.allowJumpToSearchNotes) {
         results = results.concat([
             {
                 action: 'search-notes',
@@ -95,12 +107,22 @@ function showRecentNotes($el) {
 
     $el.setSelectedNotePath("");
     $el.autocomplete("val", "");
+    $el.autocomplete('open');
     $el.trigger('focus');
+}
 
-    // simulate pressing down arrow to trigger autocomplete
-    const e = $.Event('keydown');
-    e.which = 40; // arrow down
-    $el.trigger(e);
+function fullTextSearch($el, options){
+    const searchString = $el.autocomplete('val');
+    if (options.fastSearch === false || searchString.trim().length === 0) {
+        return;
+    }    
+    $el.trigger('focus');
+    options.fastSearch = false;
+    $el.autocomplete('val', '');
+    $el.setSelectedNotePath("");
+    $el.autocomplete('val', searchString);
+    // Set a delay to avoid resetting to true before full text search (await server.get) is called.
+    setTimeout(() => { options.fastSearch = true; }, 100);
 }
 
 function initNoteAutocomplete($el, options) {
@@ -123,10 +145,14 @@ function initNoteAutocomplete($el, options) {
         .addClass("input-group-text show-recent-notes-button bx bx-time")
         .prop("title", "Show recent notes");
 
+    const $fullTextSearchButton = $("<button>")
+        .addClass("input-group-text full-text-search-button bx bx-search")
+        .prop("title", "Full text search (Shift+Enter)");    
+
     const $goToSelectedNoteButton = $("<button>")
         .addClass("input-group-text go-to-selected-note-button bx bx-arrow-to-right");
 
-    $el.after($clearTextButton).after($showRecentNotesButton);
+    $el.after($clearTextButton).after($showRecentNotesButton).after($fullTextSearchButton);
 
     if (!options.hideGoToSelectedNoteButton) {
         $el.after($goToSelectedNoteButton);
@@ -142,13 +168,18 @@ function initNoteAutocomplete($el, options) {
         return false;
     });
 
+    $fullTextSearchButton.on('click', e => {
+        fullTextSearch($el, options);
+        return false;
+    });
+
     let autocompleteOptions = {};
     if (options.container) {
         autocompleteOptions.dropdownMenuContainer = options.container;
         autocompleteOptions.debug = true;   // don't close on blur
     }
 
-    if (options.allowSearchNotes) {
+    if (options.allowJumpToSearchNotes) {
         $el.on('keydown', (event) => {
             if (event.ctrlKey && event.key === 'Enter') {
                 // Prevent Ctrl + Enter from triggering autoComplete.
@@ -158,7 +189,15 @@ function initNoteAutocomplete($el, options) {
             }
         });
     }
-
+    $el.on('keydown', async (event) => {
+        if (event.shiftKey && event.key === 'Enter') {
+            // Prevent Enter from triggering autoComplete.
+            event.stopImmediatePropagation();
+            event.preventDefault();
+            fullTextSearch($el,options)
+        }
+    });
+    
     $el.autocomplete({
         ...autocompleteOptions,
         appendTo: document.querySelector('body'),
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/jump_to_note.js b/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/jump_to_note.js
index ff4c4939b..75cd6b94a 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/jump_to_note.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/jump_to_note.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export default class JumpToNoteDialog extends BasicWidget {
         noteAutocompleteService.initNoteAutocomplete(this.$autoComplete, {
             allowCreatingNotes: true,
             hideGoToSelectedNoteButton: true,
-            allowSearchNotes: true,
+            allowJumpToSearchNotes: true,
             container: this.$results
         })
             // clear any event listener added in previous invocation of this function
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/empty.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/empty.js
index 24d60b4fb..abec94ab5 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/empty.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/empty.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export default class EmptyTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
         noteAutocompleteService.initNoteAutocomplete(this.$autoComplete, {
             hideGoToSelectedNoteButton: true,
             allowCreatingNotes: true,
-            allowSearchNotes: true,
+            allowJumpToSearchNotes: true,
             container: this.$results
         })
             .on('autocomplete:noteselected', function(event, suggestion, dataset) {
diff --git a/src/public/stylesheets/style.css b/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
index 55c6f7f2d..4bc65baa4 100644
--- a/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
+++ b/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ pre:not(.CodeMirror-line):not(.hljs) {
     padding-top: 8px;
 }
 
-.show-recent-notes-button {
+.show-recent-notes-button, .full-text-search-button {
     cursor: pointer;
     font-size: 1.3em;
     padding-left: 5px;
diff --git a/src/routes/api/autocomplete.ts b/src/routes/api/autocomplete.ts
index f238e7f1e..3e4487d08 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/autocomplete.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/autocomplete.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ function getAutocomplete(req: Request) {
         throw new ValidationError("Invalid query data type.");
     }
     const query = (req.query.query || "").trim();
+    const fastSearch = String(req.query.fastSearch).toLowerCase() === "false" ? false : true;
+    
     const activeNoteId = req.query.activeNoteId || 'none';
 
     let results;
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ function getAutocomplete(req: Request) {
         results = getRecentNotes(activeNoteId);
     }
     else {
-        results = searchService.searchNotesForAutocomplete(query);
+        results = searchService.searchNotesForAutocomplete(query, fastSearch);
     }
 
     const msTaken = Date.now() - timestampStarted;
diff --git a/src/services/search/services/search.ts b/src/services/search/services/search.ts
index 0c3fb87db..28b2350c2 100644
--- a/src/services/search/services/search.ts
+++ b/src/services/search/services/search.ts
@@ -340,9 +340,9 @@ function findFirstNoteWithQuery(query: string, searchContext: SearchContext): BN
     return searchResults.length > 0 ? becca.notes[searchResults[0].noteId] : null;
 }
 
-function searchNotesForAutocomplete(query: string) {
+function searchNotesForAutocomplete(query: string, fastSearch: boolean = true) {
     const searchContext = new SearchContext({
-        fastSearch: true,
+        fastSearch: fastSearch,
         includeArchivedNotes: false,
         includeHiddenNotes: true,
         fuzzyAttributeSearch: true,