# Viewing Projects

Your Fater Dashboard serves as the central location to access and manage all your projects. The **"My Projects"** tab is the primary view for seeing your work.

**Accessing Your Projects:**

1. Log in to Fater. You will typically land on your **Dashboard**.
2. If not already selected, click the **"My Projects"** tab (📁 icon) in the **Left Sidebar**. The label on this tab also shows a count of your total projects.

**The Project Grid:**

The Main Content Area will display your projects as a grid of **Project Cards**. Each card typically shows:

* **Project Name:** The name you assigned to the project.
* **Preview Image/Snapshot:** A visual thumbnail representing the project's content (snapshots are generated at each save).
* **Last Modified Date:** When the project was last saved automatically.

*Note: Projects are sorted by the most recently modified first.*

**Searching Projects:**

If you have many projects, you can quickly find the one you need:

1. Locate the **Search Bar** at the top of the Main Content Area (visible when "My Projects," "Favourites," or "Trash" is selected).
2. Type part of the **project name** into the search bar.
3. The grid will dynamically filter to show only projects matching your search term.
4. Clear the search bar to see all projects again.

**Viewing Project Details:**

Clicking once on a **Project Card** selects it (gets highlighted visually). When a project is selected:

* The **Right Sidebar** updates to show details about that specific project, such as:
  * Project ID (often the same as the name)
  * Last Modified timestamp

Selecting a project here *does not* open it in the editor; it only displays its metadata in the right sidebar. To open a project, you typically need to click an "Open" button or double-click the card (details in [opening-an-existing-project](https://fater.gitbook.io/fater-ai-docs/opening-an-existing-project "mention")).