diff --git a/super-pane/create-super-pane.tsx b/super-pane/create-super-pane.tsx
index 0c2002d..894a3a2 100644
--- a/super-pane/create-super-pane.tsx
+++ b/super-pane/create-super-pane.tsx
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ import {
   SyncIcon,
   SpinnerIcon,
   ControlsIcon,
+  SearchIcon,
 } from '@sanity/icons';
 import styles from './styles.module.css';
+import SearchField from './search-field';
 
 function parentHasClass(el: HTMLElement | null, className: string): boolean {
   if (!el) return false;
@@ -39,6 +41,14 @@ function createSuperPane(typeName: string, S: any) {
   const schemaType = schema.get(typeName);
   const selectColumns = createEmitter();
   const refresh = createEmitter();
+  const search = createEmitter();
+
+  const fieldsToChooseFrom = (schemaType.fields as any[])
+    .filter((field: any) => field?.type?.jsonType === 'string')
+    .map((field: any) => ({
+      name: field.name as string,
+      title: field.type.title as string,
+    }));
 
   function SuperPane() {
     const router = useRouter();
@@ -46,13 +56,17 @@ function createSuperPane(typeName: string, S: any) {
     const [columnSelectorOpen, setColumnSelectorOpen] = useState(false);
     const [selectedColumns, setSelectedColumns] = useState(new Set<string>());
     const [selectedIds, setSelectedIds] = useState(new Set<string>());
-
+    const [selectedSearchField, setSelectedSearchField] = useState<
+      string | null
+    >(fieldsToChooseFrom[0].name || null);
+    const [showSearch, setShowSearch] = useState(false);
     const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
     const client = usePaginatedClient({
       typeName,
       pageSize,
       selectedColumns,
+      searchField: selectedSearchField,
     });
 
     useEffect(() => {
@@ -63,6 +77,10 @@ function createSuperPane(typeName: string, S: any) {
       return refresh.subscribe(client.refresh);
     }, [client.refresh]);
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+      return search.subscribe(() => setShowSearch((prev) => !prev));
+    }, []);
+
     const fields = schemaType.fields.filter((field: any) =>
       selectedColumns.has(field.name)
     );
@@ -106,7 +124,16 @@ function createSuperPane(typeName: string, S: any) {
               />
             </div>
           </div>
-
+          {showSearch && (
+            <div>
+              <SearchField
+                currentField={selectedSearchField}
+                fieldsToChooseFrom={fieldsToChooseFrom}
+                onSearch={client.setUserQuery}
+                onFieldSelected={setSelectedSearchField}
+              />
+            </div>
+          )}
           <div className={styles.tableWrapper}>
             <div
               className={classNames(styles.loadingOverlay, {
@@ -320,6 +347,8 @@ function createSuperPane(typeName: string, S: any) {
                   <option value={25}>25</option>
                   <option value={50}>50</option>
                   <option value={100}>100</option>
+                  <option value={250}>250</option>
+                  <option value={500}>500</option>
                 </Select>
               </div>
             </label>
@@ -332,7 +361,8 @@ function createSuperPane(typeName: string, S: any) {
               mode="bleed"
             />
             <Label>
-              {client.page + 1}&nbsp;/&nbsp;{client.totalPages}
+              {client.totalPages === 0 ? 0 : client.page + 1}&nbsp;/&nbsp;
+              {client.totalPages}
             </Label>
             <Button
               fontSize={1}
@@ -370,11 +400,14 @@ function createSuperPane(typeName: string, S: any) {
     menuItems: S.documentTypeList(typeName)
       .menuItems([
         S.menuItem().title('Refresh').icon(SyncIcon).action(refresh.notify),
+        fieldsToChooseFrom.length
+          ? S.menuItem().title('Search').icon(SearchIcon).action(search.notify)
+          : null,
         S.menuItem()
           .title('Select Columns')
           .icon(ControlsIcon)
           .action(selectColumns.notify),
-      ])
+      ].filter(Boolean))
       .serialize().menuItems,
   });
 }
diff --git a/super-pane/search-field/index.tsx b/super-pane/search-field/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9803057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/super-pane/search-field/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { TextInput, Select } from '@sanity/ui';
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import styles from './styles.module.css';
+
+interface Props {
+  fieldsToChooseFrom: Array<{ name: string; title: string }>;
+  currentField: string | null;
+  onSearch: (userQuery: string) => void;
+  onFieldSelected: (field: string) => void;
+}
+
+function SearchField({
+  currentField,
+  fieldsToChooseFrom,
+  onSearch,
+  onFieldSelected,
+}: Props) {
+  const [userQuery, setUserQuery] = useState('');
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!userQuery.length) {
+      onSearch('');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      onSearch(userQuery);
+    }, 700);
+
+    return () => clearTimeout(timeout);
+  }, [userQuery, onSearch]);
+
+  return (
+    <form onSubmit={(e) => e.preventDefault()} className={styles.searchForm}>
+      <TextInput
+        onChange={(event) => setUserQuery(event.currentTarget.value)}
+        placeholder="Search"
+        value={userQuery}
+      />
+
+      <div className={styles.searchSelect}>
+        <Select
+          value={currentField || undefined}
+          onChange={(e) => onFieldSelected(e.currentTarget.value)}
+        >
+          {fieldsToChooseFrom.map((field) => (
+            <option key={field.name} value={field.name}>
+              {field.title}
+            </option>
+          ))}
+        </Select>
+      </div>
+    </form>
+  );
+}
+
+export default SearchField;
diff --git a/super-pane/search-field/styles.module.css b/super-pane/search-field/styles.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f638431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/super-pane/search-field/styles.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.searchForm {
+  margin: 0.5rem;
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 1rem;
+}
+
+.searchSelect {
+  width: 5rem;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/super-pane/use-paginated-client.ts b/super-pane/use-paginated-client.ts
index 6364721..a0a130f 100644
--- a/super-pane/use-paginated-client.ts
+++ b/super-pane/use-paginated-client.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ interface Params {
   typeName: string;
   pageSize: number;
   selectedColumns: Set<string>;
+  searchField: string | null;
 }
 
-function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
+function usePaginatedClient({
+  typeName,
+  pageSize,
+  selectedColumns,
+  searchField,
+}: Params) {
   // the loading statuses are a set of strings
   // when it's empty, nothing is loading
   const [loadingStatuses, setLoadingStatuses] = useState(new Set<string>());
@@ -46,6 +52,15 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
   const [refreshId, setRefreshId] = useState(nanoid());
   const refresh = useCallback(() => setRefreshId(nanoid()), []);
 
+  const [userQuery, setUserQuery] = useState('');
+  // Builds the string to use when a custom filter has been entered
+  const searchQuery =
+    userQuery.length && searchField
+      ? ` && ${searchField} match "${userQuery}*"`
+      : '';
+
+  console.log({ searchQuery });
+
   // get total count
   useEffect(() => {
     let canceled = false;
@@ -60,8 +75,8 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
 
       // fetch all the draft IDs in this document type
       const draftIds = await client.fetch<string[]>(
-        `*[_type == $typeName && _id in path("drafts.**")]._id`,
-        { typeName },
+        `*[_type == $typeName && _id in path("drafts.**") ${searchQuery}]._id`,
+        { typeName }
       );
 
       const { draftsWithPublishedVersion, notDraftCount } = await client.fetch<{
@@ -71,10 +86,10 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
         notDraftCount: number;
       }>(
         `{
-          "draftsWithPublishedVersion": *[_type == $typeName && _id in $ids]._id,
-          "notDraftCount": count(*[_type == $typeName && !(_id in path("drafts.**"))]),
+          "draftsWithPublishedVersion": *[_type == $typeName && _id in $ids ${searchQuery}]._id,
+          "notDraftCount": count(*[_type == $typeName && !(_id in path("drafts.**")) ${searchQuery}]),
         }`,
-        { ids: draftIds.map(removeDraftPrefix), typeName },
+        { ids: draftIds.map(removeDraftPrefix), typeName }
       );
 
       // the calculation for the total is then:
@@ -102,7 +117,7 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
     return () => {
       canceled = true;
     };
-  }, [typeName, refreshId]);
+  }, [typeName, refreshId, searchQuery]);
 
   // get page IDs
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -116,8 +131,8 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
 
       // query for all the draft IDs
       const draftIds = await client.fetch<string[]>(
-        '*[_type == $typeName && _id in path("drafts.**")]._id',
-        { typeName },
+        `*[_type == $typeName && _id in path("drafts.**") ${searchQuery}]._id`,
+        { typeName }
       );
 
       // create a set of drafts IDs.
@@ -143,9 +158,10 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
           // where we have to remove half the result set in the case of
           // duplicate `draft.` document
           pageSize * 2;
+
         const pageIds = await client.fetch<string[]>(
-          '*[_type == $typeName][$start...$end]._id',
-          { typeName, start, end },
+          `*[_type == $typeName ${searchQuery}][$start...$end]._id`,
+          { typeName, start, end }
         );
 
         const filteredIds = pageIds
@@ -190,7 +206,7 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
         // TODO: proper error handling
         console.warn(e);
       });
-  }, [page, pageSize, typeName, refreshId]);
+  }, [page, pageSize, typeName, refreshId, searchQuery]);
 
   // get results
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -198,8 +214,8 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
     const ids = pageIds.map((id) => [id, `drafts.${id}`]).flat();
     // these IDs will go into a specific query. if the draft or published
     // version happens to not exist, that's okay.
-    const query = `*[_id in $ids] { _id, _type, ${Array.from(
-      selectedColumns,
+    const query = `*[_id in $ids ${searchQuery}] { _id, _type, ${Array.from(
+      selectedColumns
     ).join(', ')} }`;
 
     async function getResults() {
@@ -218,7 +234,7 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
           acc[id] = index;
           return acc;
         },
-        {},
+        {}
       );
 
       const results = await client.fetch<any[]>(query, { ids });
@@ -245,7 +261,7 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
           acc[id]._normalizedId = id;
 
           return acc;
-        }, {}),
+        }, {})
       );
 
       // delete the `results` from the loading statuses
@@ -262,8 +278,8 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
           .sort(
             (a, b) =>
               indexes[removeDraftPrefix(a._id)] -
-              indexes[removeDraftPrefix(b._id)],
-          ),
+              indexes[removeDraftPrefix(b._id)]
+          )
       );
     }
 
@@ -284,12 +300,12 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
             return next;
           });
         }),
-        debounceTime(1000),
+        debounceTime(1000)
       )
       .subscribe(getResults);
 
     return () => subscription.unsubscribe();
-  }, [pageIds, selectedColumns, refreshId]);
+  }, [pageIds, selectedColumns, refreshId, searchQuery]);
 
   // reset page
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -309,6 +325,7 @@ function usePaginatedClient({ typeName, pageSize, selectedColumns }: Params) {
     pageIds,
     total,
     refresh,
+    setUserQuery,
   };
 }