Command Palette
Find a listed Chau7 action by name.
Availability
Partially implemented in stable. Read the limits below before relying on this workflow.
Reviewed against stable v0.5.1. Rust candidate additions are labeled separately. Release status.
The pain this solves
- Finding an app action through menus can take extra navigation.
What ships with it
- Filters registered command titles and categories with a case-insensitive substring match.
- Supports keyboard selection and command invocation.
- Does not provide fuzzy ranking, recency sorting, or universal settings and connection search.
Questions this answers
- How do I open the Chau7 command palette?
- Does the palette fuzzy-search commands?
- Can it search every setting and SSH host?
How it works
The command palette opens from the app's command-palette action, with the stable default shortcut shown as Command-Shift-P. The list is built from app actions supplied by Chau7.
Typing filters commands by a case-insensitive substring match against the command title or category. Arrow keys move the selection, Return invokes it, and Escape dismisses the palette.
The stable implementation does not rank by recency or fuzzy similarity, and the palette is not a universal search across all settings, saved SSH hosts, or arbitrary user commands.
Why it matters
A searchable action list can make app commands easier to find than browsing menus. The palette only covers actions Chau7 has registered in its command list.
Frequently asked questions
Does the palette fuzzy-search?
No. It filters with a text contains match on command titles and categories.
Does it search settings and each saved SSH host?
The stable palette is a list of registered actions, not a universal index of all settings and saved connection records.
Can I assign shortcuts from the palette?
Keyboard shortcuts are managed in the keyboard-shortcuts settings UI, not by right-clicking a palette result.