In this article I'd like to show you how to search for tables in MySQL Workbench, a free management and development tool for MySQL database.

MySQL Workbench has a search panel in its schema navigator:

However, if you type in table name it won't find tables.

You need to provide a schema name with "." or type in "*." in front to search for table in all schemas. This will find all objects that names start with "address":

If you start with "*.*" you will be able to find all objects that include certain word in their name: