1. A development system comprising: a development module configured to receive user development inputs to develop elements of a computer system, the elements comprising types modeled in the computer system; a user interface module configured to generate a user interface display with user input mechanisms that receive a user search query for searching the elements of the computer system; and a search module configured to identify a type-based search parameter for the user search query and to obtain a set of search results by performing an element search based on the user search query and the type-based search parameter.