diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js.coffee
index c7757540b31..7e77ed5e7ff 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/dashboard.js.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   initSearch: ->
     @timer = null
-    $("#project-filter-form-field").on('keyup', ->
+    $("#project-filter-form-field,.projects-list-filter").on('keyup', ->
       clearTimeout(@timer)
       @timer = setTimeout(Dashboard.filterResults, 500)
     )
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       complete: ->
         $('.projects-list-holder').fadeTo(250, 1)
       success: (data) ->
-        $('div.projects-list-holder').replaceWith(data.html)
+        $('.projects-list-holder,.public-projects').replaceWith(data.html)
         # Change url so if user reload a page - search results are saved
         history.replaceState {page: project_filter_url}, document.title, project_filter_url
       dataType: "json"
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
index d4a2b74b143..b17f8e51470 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/dispatcher.js.coffee
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class Dispatcher
     shortcut_handler = null
 
     switch page
+      when 'explore:projects:index', 'explore:projects:starred', 'explore:projects:trending'
+        Dashboard.init()
       when 'projects:issues:index'
         Issues.init()
         shortcut_handler = new ShortcutsNavigation()
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/projects_list.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/projects_list.js.coffee
index b4f5546a42f..bb392140b73 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/projects_list.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/projects_list.js.coffee
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ class @ProjectsList
       ProjectsList.filter_results($("#project-filter-form-field"))
 
   @filter_results: ($element) ->
-    terms = $($element).val()
-    filterSelector = $($element).data('filter-selector') || 'span.filter-title'
+    terms = $element.val()
+    filterSelector = $element.data('filter-selector') || 'span.filter-title'
 
     if not terms
       $("ul.projects-list li").show()
diff --git a/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb
index 2689bf4f1ec..317ad835006 100644
--- a/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb
@@ -6,19 +6,49 @@ class Explore::ProjectsController < Explore::ApplicationController
     @projects = @projects.where(visibility_level: params[:visibility_level]) if params[:visibility_level].present?
     @projects = @projects.non_archived
     @projects = @projects.search(params[:search]) if params[:search].present?
+    @projects = @projects.search(params[:filter_projects]) if params[:filter_projects].present?
     @projects = @projects.sort(@sort = params[:sort])
     @projects = @projects.includes(:namespace).page(params[:page]).per(PER_PAGE)
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html
+      format.json do
+        render json: {
+          html: view_to_html_string("dashboard/projects/_projects", locals: { projects: @projects })
+        }
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def trending
     @projects = TrendingProjectsFinder.new.execute(current_user)
     @projects = @projects.non_archived
+    @projects = @projects.search(params[:filter_projects]) if params[:filter_projects].present?
     @projects = @projects.page(params[:page]).per(PER_PAGE)
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html
+      format.json do
+        render json: {
+          html: view_to_html_string("dashboard/projects/_projects", locals: { projects: @projects })
+        }
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def starred
     @projects = ProjectsFinder.new.execute(current_user)
+    @projects = @projects.search(params[:filter_projects]) if params[:filter_projects].present?
     @projects = @projects.reorder('star_count DESC')
     @projects = @projects.page(params[:page]).per(PER_PAGE)
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html
+      format.json do
+        render json: {
+          html: view_to_html_string("dashboard/projects/_projects", locals: { projects: @projects })
+        }
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
index 90475c17c17..b4dd0021ed7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb
@@ -41,14 +41,21 @@ class GroupsController < Groups::ApplicationController
   def show
     @last_push = current_user.recent_push if current_user
     @projects = @projects.includes(:namespace)
+    @projects = @projects.search(params[:filter_projects]) if params[:filter_projects].present?
     @projects = @projects.page(params[:page]).per(PER_PAGE)
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
 
       format.json do
-        load_events
-        pager_json("events/_events", @events.count)
+        if params[:filter_projects]
+          render json: {
+            html: view_to_html_string("dashboard/projects/_projects", locals: { projects: @projects })
+          }
+        else
+          load_events
+          pager_json("events/_events", @events.count)
+        end
       end
 
       format.atom do
diff --git a/app/views/groups/_projects.html.haml b/app/views/groups/_projects.html.haml
index a829479bb38..73305efbcb9 100644
--- a/app/views/groups/_projects.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/groups/_projects.html.haml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-.projects-list-holder.prepend-top-default
-  .input-group
-    = search_field_tag :filter_projects, nil, placeholder: 'Filter by name', class: 'projects-list-filter form-control', spellcheck: false
-    - if can? current_user, :create_projects, @group
-      %span.input-group-btn
-        = link_to new_project_path(namespace_id: @group.id), class: 'btn btn-new' do
-          = icon('plus')
-          New Project
+.top-area
+  .nav-controls
+    = form_tag request.original_url, method: :get, class: 'project-filter-form', id: 'project-filter-form' do |f|
+      = search_field_tag :filter_projects, params[:filter_projects], placeholder: 'Filter by name...', class: 'input-short project-filter-form-field form-control', spellcheck: false, id: 'project-filter-form-field'
+    - if current_user && current_user.can_create_project?
+      = link_to new_project_path, class: 'btn btn-new' do
+        = icon('plus')
+        New Project
 
+.projects-list-holder
   = render 'shared/projects/list', projects: @projects, projects_limit: 20, stars: false, skip_namespace: true
diff --git a/app/views/shared/projects/_list.html.haml b/app/views/shared/projects/_list.html.haml
index 67edb264b7e..4787502fbc2 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/projects/_list.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/projects/_list.html.haml
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@
 
 :javascript
   new ProjectsList();
+  Dashboard.init();