diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/common/FilterInput.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard/common/FilterInput.jsx
index 4ec8bdc..e8a8a2f 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/common/FilterInput.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/common/FilterInput.jsx
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ import EqualIcon from '../../Icons/EqualIcon'
 const operandIconStyle = { fontSize: 8 }
 
 // Longer symbols first so ".." / "<>" / ">=" match before "." / "<" / ">".
-// Wildcards (* ?) and @ stay as plain text — they are not operands.
+// Wildcards (* ?) are highlighted in place; @ stays as plain text — none are operands.
+const WILDCARDS = new Set(['*', '?'])
+
 const OPERANDS = [
   {
     symbol: '..',
     label: <ArrowLeftIcon style={operandIconStyle} />,
-    color: 'blue'
+    color: 'purple'
   },
   {
     symbol: '<>',
@@ -93,6 +95,13 @@ const tokenize = (raw = '') => {
       }
       tokens.push({ type: 'operand', value: match.symbol })
       i += match.symbol.length
+    } else if (WILDCARDS.has(value[i])) {
+      if (text) {
+        tokens.push({ type: 'text', value: text })
+        text = ''
+      }
+      tokens.push({ type: 'wildcard', value: value[i] })
+      i += 1
     } else {
       text += value[i]
       i += 1
@@ -103,6 +112,14 @@ const tokenize = (raw = '') => {
   return tokens
 }
 
+const renderWildcardNode = (char) => {
+  const span = document.createElement('span')
+  span.setAttribute('data-wildcard', char)
+  span.style.color = 'var(--color-primary)'
+  span.textContent = char
+  return span
+}
+
 const normalize = (raw = '') =>
   tokenize(raw)
     .map((token) => token.value)
@@ -302,32 +319,41 @@ const setCaretOffset = (root, targetOffset) => {
     scrollSelectionIntoView(root)
   }
 
-  for (let i = 0; i < root.childNodes.length; i += 1) {
-    const child = root.childNodes[i]
-    const length = nodeLength(child)
+  const walk = (container) => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < container.childNodes.length; i += 1) {
+      const child = container.childNodes[i]
+      const length = nodeLength(child)
 
-    if (child.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
-      if (remaining <= length) {
-        place(child, remaining)
-        return
+      if (child.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
+        if (remaining <= length) {
+          place(child, remaining)
+          return true
+        }
+        remaining -= length
+        continue
       }
-      remaining -= length
-      continue
-    }
 
-    if (child.getAttribute?.('data-operand') != null) {
-      if (remaining === 0) {
-        place(root, i)
-        return
+      if (child.getAttribute?.('data-operand') != null) {
+        if (remaining === 0) {
+          place(container, i)
+          return true
+        }
+        if (remaining <= length) {
+          place(container, i + 1)
+          return true
+        }
+        remaining -= length
+        continue
       }
-      if (remaining <= length) {
-        place(root, i + 1)
-        return
-      }
-      remaining -= length
+
+      // Element wrappers (e.g. wildcard spans): recurse into children.
+      if (walk(child)) return true
     }
+    return false
   }
 
+  if (walk(root)) return
+
   const range = document.createRange()
   range.selectNodeContents(root)
   range.collapse(false)
@@ -341,7 +367,10 @@ const domMatchesTokens = (root, raw) => {
   const tokens = tokenize(raw)
   const children = Array.from(root.childNodes).filter((node) => {
     if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) return (node.textContent ?? '') !== ''
-    return node.getAttribute?.('data-operand') != null
+    return (
+      node.getAttribute?.('data-operand') != null ||
+      node.getAttribute?.('data-wildcard') != null
+    )
   })
 
   // Empty editor may keep a single empty text node.
@@ -363,6 +392,12 @@ const domMatchesTokens = (root, raw) => {
         child.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE && child.textContent === token.value
       )
     }
+    if (token.type === 'wildcard') {
+      return (
+        child.getAttribute?.('data-wildcard') === token.value &&
+        (child.textContent ?? '') === token.value
+      )
+    }
     return child.getAttribute?.('data-operand') === token.value
   })
 }
@@ -569,6 +604,8 @@ const FilterInput = ({
         for (const item of tokens) {
           if (item.type === 'text') {
             nextChildren.push(document.createTextNode(item.value))
+          } else if (item.type === 'wildcard') {
+            nextChildren.push(renderWildcardNode(item.value))
           } else {
             nextChildren.push(takeChip(item.value))
           }