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Command Palette

A search box for everything the app can do.

Definition

A keyboard-invoked searchable list of actions, navigation targets and content.

Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.

In plain language

A search box for everything the app can do.

Example

Pressing the shortcut and typing 'invite' to reach the invitation flow without navigating.

Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.

Deeper reading

The full entry behind this definition.

Nearby in the Atlas

Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.