diff --git a/web/resolver/actions/resolve_download_methods.js b/web/resolver/actions/resolve_download_methods.js
index c16ea66..b29b497 100644
--- a/web/resolver/actions/resolve_download_methods.js
+++ b/web/resolver/actions/resolve_download_methods.js
@@ -1968,17 +1968,31 @@ export const resolveDownloadMethods = {
         if (baseSelect && baseList && baseSelect.dataset.mlSearchBaseBound !== 'true') {
             baseSelect.dataset.mlSearchBaseBound = 'true';
 
-            const renderBaseOptions = () => {
-                const options = this.getKnownBaseModelOptions();
-                baseList.innerHTML = options
+            const renderBaseOptions = (filterText = '') => {
+                const filter = String(filterText || '').trim().toLowerCase();
+                const normalizedFilter = this.normalizeBaseModelToken?.(filter) || filter.replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '');
+                const options = this.getKnownBaseModelOptions()
                     .map(option => {
                         const label = option.value === 'auto'
                             ? this.getSearchBaseModelLabel('auto', missing)
                             : option.label;
+                        return { ...option, label };
+                    })
+                    .filter(option => {
+                        if (!filter) return true;
+                        const searchText = `${option.value} ${option.label}`.toLowerCase();
+                        const normalizedSearchText = this.normalizeBaseModelToken?.(searchText)
+                            || searchText.replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '');
+                        return searchText.includes(filter)
+                            || (normalizedFilter && normalizedSearchText.includes(normalizedFilter));
+                    });
+                baseList.innerHTML = options
+                    .map(option => {
+                        const label = option.label;
                         return `<div class="mr-download-target-option" data-value="${encodeURIComponent(option.value)}" data-label="${encodeURIComponent(label)}">${this.escapeHtml(label)}</div>`;
                     })
                     .join('');
-                baseList.style.display = 'block';
+                baseList.style.display = options.length ? 'block' : 'none';
                 baseList.querySelectorAll('.mr-download-target-option').forEach(optionEl => {
                     optionEl.addEventListener('mousedown', (event) => {
                         event.preventDefault();
@@ -1998,15 +2012,25 @@ export const resolveDownloadMethods = {
             };
 
             this.enableWheelScrollChaining(baseList);
-            baseSelect.addEventListener('focus', () => renderBaseOptions());
-            baseSelect.addEventListener('click', () => renderBaseOptions());
+            baseSelect.addEventListener('focus', () => renderBaseOptions(''));
+            baseSelect.addEventListener('click', () => renderBaseOptions(''));
+            baseSelect.addEventListener('input', () => {
+                const value = this.getSearchBaseModelInputValue(baseSelect.value, missing);
+                baseSelect.dataset.value = value;
+                this.setSearchBaseModel(missing, value, container, { sync: false });
+                renderBaseOptions(baseSelect.value);
+            });
             baseSelect.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
-                if (event.key === 'Enter' || event.key === ' ' || event.key === 'ArrowDown') {
+                if (event.key === 'Enter' || event.key === 'ArrowDown') {
                     event.preventDefault();
-                    renderBaseOptions();
+                    renderBaseOptions(baseSelect.value);
                 }
             });
-            baseSelect.addEventListener('blur', hideBaseList);
+            baseSelect.addEventListener('blur', () => {
+                const value = this.getDropdownValue(baseSelect);
+                this.setDropdownValue(baseSelect, value, this.getSearchBaseModelLabel(value, missing));
+                hideBaseList();
+            });
             this.syncSearchSourceUi(missing, container);
         }
 
diff --git a/web/resolver/search/download_target_methods.js b/web/resolver/search/download_target_methods.js
index e67b6df..5f122d5 100644
--- a/web/resolver/search/download_target_methods.js
+++ b/web/resolver/search/download_target_methods.js
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ export const downloadTargetMethods = {
         html += `<label class="mr-download-target-label" for="${selectId}">Folder</label>`;
         html += `<label class="mr-download-target-label" for="${subfolderId}">Subfolder (optional)</label>`;
         html += `<div class="mr-download-target-wrap">`;
-        html += `<input id="${selectId}" class="mr-download-target-input mr-download-target-select" type="text" readonly autocomplete="off" data-value="${this.escapeHtml(selectedCategory)}" value="${this.escapeHtml(this.getCategoryDisplayName(selectedCategory))}">`;
+        html += `<input id="${selectId}" class="mr-download-target-input mr-download-target-select" type="text" autocomplete="off" data-value="${this.escapeHtml(selectedCategory)}" value="${this.escapeHtml(this.getCategoryDisplayName(selectedCategory))}">`;
         html += `<div id="${categoryListId}" class="mr-download-target-list"></div>`;
         html += `</div>`;
         html += `<div class="mr-download-target-wrap">`;
@@ -1559,13 +1559,22 @@ export const downloadTargetMethods = {
             });
         };
 
-        const populateCategoryOptions = () => {
+        const populateCategoryOptions = (filterText = '') => {
             if (!categoryListEl) return;
+            const filter = String(filterText || '').trim().toLowerCase();
+            const normalizedFilter = filter.replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '');
             const options = this.getDownloadCategoryOptions(this.getDropdownValue(categoryEl) || 'checkpoints')
                 .map(category => ({
                     value: category,
                     label: this.getCategoryDisplayName(category)
-                }));
+                }))
+                .filter(option => {
+                    if (!filter) return true;
+                    const searchText = `${option.value} ${option.label}`.toLowerCase();
+                    const normalizedSearchText = searchText.replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '');
+                    return searchText.includes(filter)
+                        || (normalizedFilter && normalizedSearchText.includes(normalizedFilter));
+                });
             renderOptions(categoryListEl, options, (value, label) => {
                 this.setDropdownValue(categoryEl, value, label);
                 subfolderEl.value = '';
@@ -1614,15 +1623,43 @@ export const downloadTargetMethods = {
 
         if (categoryListEl && categoryEl.dataset.mlCategoryBound !== 'true') {
             categoryEl.dataset.mlCategoryBound = 'true';
-            categoryEl.addEventListener('focus', () => populateCategoryOptions());
-            categoryEl.addEventListener('click', () => populateCategoryOptions());
+            categoryEl.addEventListener('focus', () => populateCategoryOptions(''));
+            categoryEl.addEventListener('click', () => populateCategoryOptions(''));
+            categoryEl.addEventListener('input', () => {
+                const typed = categoryEl.value.trim();
+                const category = typed ? this.normalizeDownloadCategory(typed) : '';
+                const previousCategory = this.getDropdownValue(categoryEl);
+                categoryEl.dataset.value = category;
+                if (category !== previousCategory) {
+                    subfolderEl.value = '';
+                    subfolderEl.dataset.baseDirectory = '';
+                    listEl.innerHTML = '';
+                    listEl.style.display = 'none';
+                }
+                this.saveDownloadTargetSelection(missing, {
+                    category,
+                    subfolder: subfolderEl.value || '',
+                    subfolderBaseDirectory: subfolderEl.dataset.baseDirectory || '',
+                    categoryTouched: true,
+                    subfolderTouched: Boolean(subfolderEl.value)
+                });
+                this.syncDownloadTargetFolderContext(categoryEl, subfolderEl);
+                populateCategoryOptions(typed);
+            });
             categoryEl.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
-                if (event.key === 'Enter' || event.key === ' ' || event.key === 'ArrowDown') {
+                if (event.key === 'Enter' || event.key === 'ArrowDown') {
                     event.preventDefault();
-                    populateCategoryOptions();
+                    populateCategoryOptions(categoryEl.value);
                 }
             });
-            categoryEl.addEventListener('blur', () => hideList(categoryListEl));
+            categoryEl.addEventListener('blur', () => {
+                const category = this.getDropdownValue(categoryEl);
+                const knownCategories = this.getKnownDownloadCategorySet();
+                if (category && knownCategories.has(this.normalizeDownloadCategory(category))) {
+                    this.setDropdownValue(categoryEl, category, this.getCategoryDisplayName(category));
+                }
+                hideList(categoryListEl);
+            });
         }
 
         subfolderEl.addEventListener('focus', () => {
diff --git a/web/resolver/search/search_panel.js b/web/resolver/search/search_panel.js
index d077874..9718a55 100644
--- a/web/resolver/search/search_panel.js
+++ b/web/resolver/search/search_panel.js
@@ -408,6 +408,25 @@ export const searchPanelMethods = {
         return option?.label || value || 'Auto';
     },
 
+    getSearchBaseModelInputValue(text = '', missing = {}) {
+        const raw = String(text || '').trim();
+        if (!raw) return 'none';
+        const normalized = this.normalizeBaseModelToken(raw);
+        for (const option of this.getKnownBaseModelOptions()) {
+            const label = option.value === 'auto'
+                ? this.getSearchBaseModelLabel('auto', missing)
+                : option.label;
+            const optionTokens = [
+                option.value,
+                label
+            ].flatMap(value => [...this.getBaseModelTokenVariants(value)]);
+            if (optionTokens.some(token => token === normalized)) {
+                return option.value;
+            }
+        }
+        return this.resolveBaseModelAliasExact(raw) || raw;
+    },
+
     getSearchBaseModelContext(missing = {}) {
         const state = this.getSearchState(missing);
         const selected = state.selectedBaseModel || this.getDefaultSearchBaseModel();
@@ -1116,7 +1135,8 @@ export const searchPanelMethods = {
         this.syncSearchSourceUi(missing, container);
     },
 
-    setSearchBaseModel(missing, baseModel, container) {
+    setSearchBaseModel(missing, baseModel, container, options = {}) {
+        const { sync = true } = options || {};
         const state = this.getSearchState(missing);
         const nextBaseModel = baseModel || this.getDefaultSearchBaseModel();
         const changed = (state.selectedBaseModel || this.getDefaultSearchBaseModel()) !== nextBaseModel;
@@ -1143,7 +1163,11 @@ export const searchPanelMethods = {
         }
         state.selectedBaseModel = nextBaseModel;
         this.persistSearchStateForActiveWorkflow();
-        this.syncSearchSourceUi(missing, container);
+        if (sync) {
+            this.syncSearchSourceUi(missing, container);
+        } else {
+            this.updateSearchBaseModelHelp(container, missing);
+        }
         this.refreshSearchUiForMissing?.(missing, state);
     },
 
@@ -1600,7 +1624,7 @@ export const searchPanelMethods = {
         html += `<div class="mr-search-source-picker mr-search-base-picker">`;
         html += `<label class="mr-search-source-picker-label" for="${searchBaseSelectId}">Model <span class="mr-tooltip-badge mr-search-model-help" data-tooltip="${this.escapeHtml(baseModelTooltip)}" tabindex="0">?</span></label>`;
         html += `<div class="mr-download-target-wrap">`;
-        html += `<input id="${searchBaseSelectId}" class="mr-download-target-input mr-search-base-select" type="text" readonly autocomplete="off" data-value="${this.escapeHtml(selectedBaseModel)}" data-missing-search-key="${this.escapeHtml(this.getMissingSearchKey(missing))}" value="${this.escapeHtml(this.getSearchBaseModelLabel(selectedBaseModel, missing))}">`;
+        html += `<input id="${searchBaseSelectId}" class="mr-download-target-input mr-search-base-select" type="text" autocomplete="off" data-value="${this.escapeHtml(selectedBaseModel)}" data-missing-search-key="${this.escapeHtml(this.getMissingSearchKey(missing))}" value="${this.escapeHtml(this.getSearchBaseModelLabel(selectedBaseModel, missing))}">`;
         html += `<div id="${searchBaseListId}" class="mr-download-target-list mr-search-base-list"></div>`;
         html += `</div>`;
         html += `</div>`;