diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/filter.ts b/packages/html-reporter/src/filter.ts
index b0e8e4645042d..61713fd181cfd 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/filter.ts
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/filter.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class Filter {
         token.push(c);
         continue;
       }
-      if (c === ' ' || c === ':') {
+      if (c === ' ') {
         if (token.length) {
           result.push(token.join('').toLowerCase());
           token = [];
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ export class Filter {
       if (test.outcome === 'skipped')
         status = 'skipped';
       const searchValues: SearchValues = {
-        text: (status + ' ' + test.projectName + ' ' + test.location.file + ' ' + test.location.line + ' ' + test.path.join(' ') + ' ' + test.title).toLowerCase(),
+        text: (status + ' ' + test.projectName + ' ' + test.location.file + ' ' + test.path.join(' ') + ' ' + test.title).toLowerCase(),
         project: test.projectName.toLowerCase(),
         status: status as any,
+        file: test.location.file,
+        line: String(test.location.line),
       };
       (test as any).searchValues = searchValues;
     }
@@ -127,9 +129,14 @@ export class Filter {
         return false;
     }
     if (this.text.length) {
-      const matches = this.text.filter(t => searchValues.text.includes(t)).length === this.text.length;
-      if (!matches)
+      for (const text of this.text) {
+        if (searchValues.text.includes(text))
+          continue;
+        const location = text.split(':');
+        if (location.length === 2 && searchValues.file.includes(location[0]) && searchValues.line.includes(location[1]))
+          continue;
         return false;
+      }
     }
     if (this.labels.length) {
       const matches = this.labels.every(l => searchValues.text?.match(new RegExp(`(\\s|^)${escapeRegExp(l)}(\\s|$)`, 'g')));
@@ -145,5 +152,7 @@ type SearchValues = {
   text: string;
   project: string;
   status: 'passed' | 'failed' | 'flaky' | 'skipped';
+  file: string;
+  line: string;
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
index 9ab49f9060dbf..0fa9e843fb029 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
@@ -1881,3 +1881,61 @@ test('should list tests in the right order', async ({ runInlineTest, showReport,
     /main › second › passes\d+m?ssecond.ts:5/,
   ]);
 });
+
+test('tests should filter by file', async ({ runInlineTest, showReport, page }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'file-a.test.js': `
+      const { test } = require('@playwright/test');
+      test('a test 1', async ({}) => {});
+      test('a test 2', async ({}) => {});
+    `,
+    'file-b.test.js': `
+      const { test } = require('@playwright/test');
+      test('b test 1', async ({}) => {});
+      test('b test 2', async ({}) => {});
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: 'dot,html' }, { PW_TEST_HTML_REPORT_OPEN: 'never' });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  expect(result.passed).toBe(4);
+  expect(result.failed).toBe(0);
+
+  await showReport();
+
+  const searchInput = page.locator('.subnav-search-input');
+
+  await searchInput.fill('file-a');
+  await expect(page.getByText('file-a.test.js', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('a test 1')).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('a test 2')).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('file-b.test.js', { exact: true })).not.toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('b test 1')).not.toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('b test 2')).not.toBeVisible();
+
+  await searchInput.fill('file-a:3');
+  await expect(page.getByText('a test 1')).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('a test 2')).not.toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test('tests should filter by status', async ({ runInlineTest, showReport, page }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'a.test.js': `
+      const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');
+      test('failed title', async ({}) => { expect(1).toBe(1); });
+      test('passes title', async ({}) => { expect(1).toBe(2); });
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: 'dot,html' }, { PW_TEST_HTML_REPORT_OPEN: 'never' });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+  expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
+  expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
+
+  await showReport();
+
+  const searchInput = page.locator('.subnav-search-input');
+
+  await searchInput.fill('s:failed');
+  await expect(page.getByText('a.test.js', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('failed title')).not.toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('passes title')).toBeVisible();
+});