diff --git a/srv/static/js/genericrendering.js b/srv/static/js/genericrendering.js
index 772cad4..5e47d0a 100644
--- a/srv/static/js/genericrendering.js
+++ b/srv/static/js/genericrendering.js
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export function renderTimeSpan(startTimeStamp, endTimeStamp)
 export function renderLink(value, row, handler, tooltip, href, middleClickHref)
 {
     const linkElement = document.createElement('a');
-    const linkText = typeof value === 'object' ? value : document.createTextNode(value);
+    const linkText = typeof value === 'object' ? value : renderNoneInGrey(value);
     linkElement.appendChild(linkText);
     linkElement.href = middleClickHref || href || '#';
     if (tooltip !== undefined) {
diff --git a/srv/static/js/globalstatuspage.js b/srv/static/js/globalstatuspage.js
index cfcf2fa..ef281bd 100644
--- a/srv/static/js/globalstatuspage.js
+++ b/srv/static/js/globalstatuspage.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as AjaxHelper from './ajaxhelper.js';
 import * as BuildActionsPage from './buildactionspage.js';
+import * as PackageSearchPage from './packagesearchpage.js';
 import * as CustomRendering from './customrendering.js';
 import * as GenericRendering from './genericrendering.js';
 import * as Utils from './utils.js';
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ function handleGlobalStatusUpdate(ajaxRequest)
         columnAccessors: ['arch', 'name', 'packageCount', 'lastUpdate', 'syncFromMirror'],
         customRenderer: {
             name: function (value, row) {
-                return GenericRendering.renderLink(value, row, showRepository);
+                return GenericRendering.renderLink(value, row, searchRepository, undefined, undefined, hashToSearchRepository(row));
             },
             lastUpdate: GenericRendering.renderShortTimeStamp,
             note: function(rows) {
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ function handleGlobalStatusUpdate(ajaxRequest)
                 note.appendChild(CustomRendering.renderReloadButton(queryGlobalStatus));
                 return note;
             },
+            syncFromMirror: function (value, row) {
+                return GenericRendering.renderLink(value, row, showRepository);
+            },
         },
     });
     globalStatus.appendChild(dbTable);
@@ -227,16 +231,32 @@ function handleGlobalStatusUpdate(ajaxRequest)
     BuildActionsPage.handleBuildActionPresetChange();
 }
 
-function showRepository(dbName, dbInfo)
+function showRepository(value, dbInfo)
 {
     const mirror = dbInfo.mainMirror;
     if (!mirror) {
-        window.alert('No mirror configured for ' + dbName + '.');
+        window.alert('No mirror configured for ' + dbInfo.name + '.');
     } else {
         window.open(mirror);
     }
 }
 
+function searchRepository(value, dbInfo)
+{
+    const form = PackageSearchPage.initSearchForm();
+    form.name.value = '';
+    form.db.value = Utils.makeRepoName(dbInfo.name, dbInfo.arch);
+    form.mode.value = 'name-contains'; 
+    PackageSearchPage.searchForPackages();
+}
+
+function hashToSearchRepository(dbInfo)
+{
+    return '#package-search-section?'
+        + encodeURIComponent('name=&mode=name-contains&db='
+        + encodeURIComponent(Utils.makeRepoName(dbInfo.name, dbInfo.arch)));
+}
+
 window.globalInfo = undefined;
 window.functionsPostponedUntilGlobalInfo = [];
 window.hasGlobalStatus = false;
diff --git a/srv/static/js/packagesearchpage.js b/srv/static/js/packagesearchpage.js
index 1203690..d289444 100644
--- a/srv/static/js/packagesearchpage.js
+++ b/srv/static/js/packagesearchpage.js
@@ -4,26 +4,33 @@ import * as PackageRendering from './packagerendering.js';
 import * as SinglePageHelper from './singlepage.js';
 import * as Utils from './utils.js';
 
-export function initPackageSearch(sectionElement, sectionData, newParams)
+export function initSearchForm()
 {
     const searchForm = document.getElementById('package-search-form');
-    if (!searchForm.dataset.initialized) {
-        searchForm.onsubmit = function() {
-            searchForPackages();
-            return false;
-        };
-        const packageResultsFormElements = document.getElementById('package-results-form').elements;
-        packageResultsFormElements.selectall.onclick = function () {
-            Utils.alterFormSelection(this.form, 'check-all');
-        };
-        packageResultsFormElements.unselectall.onclick = function () {
-            Utils.alterFormSelection(this.form, 'uncheck-all');
-        };
-        packageResultsFormElements.startselected.onclick = function () {
-            fillBuildActionFromPackageSearch();
-        };
-        searchForm.dataset.initialized = true;
+    if (searchForm.dataset.initialized) {
+        return searchForm;
     }
+    searchForm.onsubmit = function() {
+        searchForPackages();
+        return false;
+    };
+    const packageResultsFormElements = document.getElementById('package-results-form').elements;
+    packageResultsFormElements.selectall.onclick = function () {
+        Utils.alterFormSelection(this.form, 'check-all');
+    };
+    packageResultsFormElements.unselectall.onclick = function () {
+        Utils.alterFormSelection(this.form, 'uncheck-all');
+    };
+    packageResultsFormElements.startselected.onclick = function () {
+        fillBuildActionFromPackageSearch();
+    };
+    searchForm.dataset.initialized = true;
+    return searchForm;
+}
+
+export function initPackageSearch(sectionElement, sectionData, newParams)
+{
+    initSearchForm();
     let currentParams = sectionData.state.params;
     if (currentParams && currentParams.startsWith('?')) {
         currentParams = currentParams.substr(1);
@@ -83,7 +90,7 @@ function searchForPackagesFromParams(searchParams)
     return res;
 }
 
-function searchForPackages()
+export function searchForPackages()
 {
     const res = AjaxHelper.startFormQueryEx('package-search-form', showPackageSearchResults);
     const params = SinglePageHelper.sections['package-search'].state.params = res.params.substr(1);