diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5803ca1..8923eb6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ require("artio").setup({
     ["<cr>"] = "accept",
     ["<esc>"] = "cancel",
     ["<tab>"] = "mark",
+    ["<c-g>"] = "togglelive",
     ["<c-l>"] = "togglepreview",
     ["<c-q>"] = "setqflist",
     ["<m-q>"] = "setqflistmark",
diff --git a/lua/artio/config.lua b/lua/artio/config.lua
index 7f028f1..91c5342 100644
--- a/lua/artio/config.lua
+++ b/lua/artio/config.lua
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ M.default = {
     ["<cr>"] = "accept",
     ["<esc>"] = "cancel",
     ["<tab>"] = "mark",
+    ["<c-g>"] = "togglelive",
     ["<c-l>"] = "togglepreview",
     ["<c-q>"] = "setqflist",
     ["<m-q>"] = "setqflistmark",
diff --git a/lua/artio/picker.lua b/lua/artio/picker.lua
index 7530b4d..a63f89d 100644
--- a/lua/artio/picker.lua
+++ b/lua/artio/picker.lua
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ local View = require("artio.view")
 ---@field get_icon? fun(item: artio.Picker.item): string, string
 ---@field hl_item? fun(item: artio.Picker.item): artio.Picker.hl[]
 ---@field on_quit? fun()
+---@field live? boolean
 ---@field prompt? string
 ---@field defaulttext? string
 ---@field prompttext? string
@@ -28,9 +29,11 @@ local View = require("artio.view")
 ---@class artio.Picker : artio.Picker.config
 ---@field co thread|nil
 ---@field input string
+---@field liveinput? string
 ---@field idx integer 1-indexed
 ---@field matches artio.Picker.match[]
 ---@field marked table<integer, true|nil>
+---@field live boolean
 local Picker = {}
 Picker.__index = Picker
 Picker.active_picker = nil
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ function Picker:new(props)
     closed = false,
     prompt = "",
     input = nil,
+    liveinput = nil,
     idx = 0,
     items = {},
     matches = {},
@@ -55,7 +59,15 @@ function Picker:new(props)
     t.prompttext = t.opts.prompt_title and ("%s %s"):format(t.prompt, t.opts.promptprefix) or t.opts.promptprefix
   end
 
-  t.input = t.defaulttext or ""
+  t.live = vim.F.if_nil(t.live, t.get_items ~= nil)
+
+  if t.live then
+    t.input = ""
+    t.liveinput = t.defaulttext or ""
+  else
+    t.input = t.defaulttext or ""
+    t.liveinput = ""
+  end
 
   Picker.getitems(t, "")
 
@@ -204,7 +216,10 @@ local function item_is_structured(item)
 end
 
 function Picker:getitems(input)
-  self.items = self.get_items and self.get_items(input) or self.items
+  if self.live then
+    self.items = self.get_items and self.get_items(input) or self.items
+  end
+
   if #self.items > 0 and not item_is_structured(self.items[1]) then
     self.items = vim
       .iter(ipairs(self.items))
@@ -226,14 +241,33 @@ end
 
 ---@param input? string
 function Picker:getmatches(input)
-  input = input or self.input
+  if not input then
+    input = self.live and self.liveinput or self.input
+  end
   self:getitems(input)
+
+  -- if live, ignore sorting
+  if self.live then
+    self.matches = self:getallmatches()
+    return
+  end
+
   self.matches = vim.tbl_values(self.fn(self.items, input))
   table.sort(self.matches, function(a, b)
     return a[3] > b[3]
   end)
 end
 
+---@return artio.Picker.match[]
+function Picker:getallmatches()
+  return vim
+    .iter(ipairs(self.items))
+    :map(function(_, v)
+      return { v.id, {}, 0 }
+    end)
+    :totable()
+end
+
 ---@param idx integer
 ---@param yes? boolean
 function Picker:mark(idx, yes)
@@ -264,4 +298,17 @@ function Picker:getcurrent(idx)
   return self.items[idx]
 end
 
+function Picker:togglelive()
+  -- check if live can be toggled
+  if not self.get_items then
+    return
+  end
+
+  -- reset fuzzy search when enabling live search
+  if not self.live then
+    self.input = ""
+  end
+  self.live = not self.live
+end
+
 return Picker
diff --git a/lua/artio/view.lua b/lua/artio/view.lua
index e136a77..8ecfcc0 100644
--- a/lua/artio/view.lua
+++ b/lua/artio/view.lua
@@ -394,7 +394,13 @@ end
 
 function View:trigger_show()
   logdebug("trigger_show")
-  self:show({ { 0, self.picker.input } }, -1, "", self.picker.prompttext, cmdline.indent, cmdline.level, prompt_hl_id)
+  local input
+  if self.picker.live then
+    input = self.picker.liveinput
+  else
+    input = self.picker.input
+  end
+  self:show({ { 0, input } }, -1, "", self.picker.prompttext, cmdline.indent, cmdline.level, prompt_hl_id)
 end
 
 ---@param force? boolean
@@ -409,7 +415,11 @@ function View:update(force)
   local text = vim.api.nvim_get_current_line()
   text = text:sub(promptlen + 1)
 
-  self.picker.input = text
+  if self.picker.live then
+    self.picker.liveinput = text
+  else
+    self.picker.input = text
+  end
 
   vim.schedule(coroutine.wrap(function()
     logdebug("getmatches")
diff --git a/plugin/artio.lua b/plugin/artio.lua
index eb5d723..031dd0e 100644
--- a/plugin/artio.lua
+++ b/plugin/artio.lua
@@ -159,3 +159,11 @@ vim.keymap.set(
     self.view:togglepreview()
   end)
 )
+vim.keymap.set(
+  "i",
+  "<Plug>(artio-action-togglelive)",
+  wrap(function(self)
+    self:togglelive()
+    self.view:trigger_show() -- update input
+  end)
+)