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Command palette

The command palette is the fastest way to drive Kubus. One shortcut, and you can find any resource, run any action on it, or jump to any page without lifting your hands off the keyboard.

The command palette The command palette
Press ++ctrl+k++ and start typing.

Open it

Press Ctrl+K (Cmd+K on macOS), or click the search box in the top bar.

Three modes

Just start typing. The palette searches across resources (of every kind, in every selected cluster), kinds, and pages. Use Up / Down to move and Enter to open.

With nothing typed, it shows your favourites. Star a result (press Tab to reveal the star) to pin things you open a lot.

Highlight a resource and press Tab (or Right) to see every action for that kind: logs, shell, scale, restart, port-forward, delete and the rest. Type to filter them, Enter to run. Press Esc to step back to the search.

Type > to run app commands:

Command Does
Toggle dark / light mode Flip the theme
Toggle terminal dock Show/hide the bottom dock
Go to Overview Jump to the dashboard
Go to Events Open the events timeline
Go to Topology Open the topology graph
Go to Helm Releases Open the Helm page
Go to Port Forwards Open the forwards page
Go to Diff Open the diff page

Why it's worth the muscle memory

Once Ctrl+K is in your fingers, the workflow becomes: summon → type a pod name → Tab → logs. You skip the nav drawer, the list and the row menu entirely. It works like the command palette in your editor, and it covers the whole app.

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