diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/mix_window/routing.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/mix_window/routing.rs
index a343a021..53a5ba10 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/mix_window/routing.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/mix_window/routing.rs
@@ -25,34 +25,45 @@ pub(crate) fn route_popup(app: &mut SoundApp, resp: &egui::Response, id: TrackId
     egui::Popup::menu(resp).close_behavior(egui::PopupCloseBehavior::CloseOnClickOutside).show(|ui| route_menu(app, ui, id, input));
 }
 
-/// Input or output menu: no route and buses on both, plus the main output (outputs) or inputs 1-8 (inputs).
+/// Input or output menu: no route and buses on both, plus the main output (outputs) or inputs 1-8
+/// (inputs). Its search field takes typing at once and finds any of them, not just the buses.
 fn route_menu(app: &mut SoundApp, ui: &mut Ui, id: TrackId, input: bool) {
     let key = if input { "input" } else { "output" };
     let cmd = if input { "track.input" } else { "track.output" };
-    if ui.button(if input { "no input" } else { "no output" }).clicked() {
-        let _ = app.run(cmd, json!({"track": id.0, key: "none"}));
-        ui.close();
-    }
+    let hint = if input { "Search inputs…" } else { "Search outputs…" };
+    let search = MenuSearch::show(ui, egui::Id::unique(("route-search", id.0, input)), hint);
+    let busses: Vec<String> = app.engine.session().busses.iter().map(|b| b.name.clone()).collect();
     let main_name = app.engine.session().outputs.first().map_or_else(|| "Out 1-2".to_string(), |o| o.name.clone());
-    if !input && ui.button(main_name).clicked() {
-        let _ = app.run(cmd, json!({"track": id.0, key: "main"}));
-        ui.close();
-    }
+    // (label, the route the command is given)
+    let mut fixed = vec![(if input { "no input" } else { "no output" }.to_string(), "none".to_string())];
     if input {
-        for i in 1..=8 {
-            if ui.button(format!("In {i}")).clicked() {
-                let _ = app.run(cmd, json!({"track": id.0, key: format!("In {i}")}));
-                ui.close();
-            }
+        fixed.extend((1..=8).map(|i| (format!("In {i}"), format!("In {i}"))));
+    } else {
+        fixed.push((main_name, "main".to_string()));
+    }
+    if search.typing() {
+        let visible: Vec<(&String, &String)> =
+            fixed.iter().map(|(l, v)| (l, v)).chain(busses.iter().map(|b| (b, b))).filter(|(l, _)| search.matches(l)).collect();
+        let picked = search.rows(ui, visible.len(), 420.0, |ui, i, highlighted| visible.get(i).is_some_and(|(l, _)| menu_row(ui, highlighted, l)));
+        if let Some((_, value)) = picked.and_then(|i| visible.get(i)) {
+            let _ = app.run(cmd, json!({"track": id.0, key: value}));
+            ui.close();
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+    for (label, value) in &fixed {
+        if ui.button(label).clicked() {
+            let _ = app.run(cmd, json!({"track": id.0, key: value}));
+            ui.close();
         }
     }
     ui.separator();
-    let busses: Vec<String> = app.engine.session().busses.iter().map(|b| b.name.clone()).collect();
     ui.strong("Bus");
-    let search = MenuSearch::show(ui, egui::Id::unique(("route-bus-search", id.0, input)), "Search buses…");
-    let visible: Vec<&String> = busses.iter().filter(|b| search.matches(b)).collect();
-    if let Some(i) = search.rows(ui, visible.len(), 420.0, |ui, i, highlighted| menu_row(ui, highlighted, visible[i])) {
-        let _ = app.run(cmd, json!({"track": id.0, key: visible[i]}));
+    if let Some(bus) = search
+        .rows(ui, busses.len(), 420.0, |ui, i, highlighted| busses.get(i).is_some_and(|b| menu_row(ui, highlighted, b)))
+        .and_then(|i| busses.get(i))
+    {
+        let _ = app.run(cmd, json!({"track": id.0, key: bus}));
         ui.close();
     }
     if ui.button("new bus...").clicked() {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/edit_window_headers.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/edit_window_headers.rs
index fa5ae057..a455dd10 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/edit_window_headers.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/edit_window_headers.rs
@@ -151,19 +151,19 @@ fn the_views_menu_stays_open_until_a_click_elsewhere() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn the_io_columns_route_menus_stay_open_while_searching_buses() {
+fn the_io_columns_route_menus_stay_open_while_searching() {
     let (mut h, _, row) = harness("Kick", "medium", "view.edit_io");
     click(&mut h, pos2(row[0] + HEADER_W + 40.0, row[1] + 29.5));
-    let bus = h.get_by_label("Bus").rect();
+    let first = h.get_by_label("no output").rect();
     let search = h
         .query_all_by_role(egui::accesskit::Role::TextInput)
         .map(|node| node.rect())
-        .filter(|r| r.min.y >= bus.max.y)
-        .min_by(|a, b| a.min.y.total_cmp(&b.min.y))
+        .filter(|r| r.max.y <= first.min.y && r.x_range().contains(first.center().x))
+        .max_by(|a, b| a.min.y.total_cmp(&b.min.y))
         .unwrap()
         .center();
     click(&mut h, search);
-    assert!(h.query_by_label("no output").is_some(), "a click in the bus search closed the Output menu");
+    assert!(h.query_by_label("no output").is_some(), "a click in the menu's search closed the Output menu");
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/menu_search.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/menu_search.rs
index c193ad18..854b69ef 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/menu_search.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/menu_search.rs
@@ -169,6 +169,28 @@ fn send_and_output_menus_search_buses_as_soon_as_they_open() {
     assert_eq!(h.state().engine.session().tracks[0].mixer.output, Route::Bus(bus(&h, "Verb")));
 }
 
+/// The I/O menus' search finds the hardware inputs, the main output and "no input/output", not just buses.
+#[test]
+fn io_menus_search_every_route_not_just_buses() {
+    let mut h = harness(vox());
+    open(&mut h, "Input for Vox");
+    type_text(&mut h, "in 3");
+    assert!(h.query_by_label("In 4").is_none(), "only the matches are listed");
+    press(&mut h, Key::Enter);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().engine.session().tracks[0].mixer.input, Route::Hardware("In 3".into()));
+
+    open(&mut h, "Output for Vox");
+    type_text(&mut h, "no out");
+    press(&mut h, Key::Enter);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().engine.session().tracks[0].mixer.output, Route::None);
+
+    let main = h.state().engine.session().outputs.first().map_or_else(|| "Out 1-2".to_string(), |o| o.name.clone());
+    open(&mut h, "Output for Vox");
+    type_text(&mut h, &main.to_lowercase());
+    press(&mut h, Key::Enter);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().engine.session().tracks[0].mixer.output, Route::Main);
+}
+
 /// Scripted typing and Enter reach a menu search even when the host window is unfocused.
 #[test]
 fn scripted_keys_reach_the_search_with_the_window_in_the_background() {