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A command palette is a user interface element that provides access to a set of commands or actions. It typically appears as vertical menu of options and can be accessed using keyboard or mouse.

The purpose of a command palette is to provide users with a quick and convenient way to access a wide range of commands and actions, without having to navigate through multiple menus or screens.

It is an efficient and user-friendly way to provide access to a large number of actions within an app, and can help users to quickly and easily perform a wide range of tasks.

Blog posts

• Command Palette Interfaces, by Philip Davis
• The History of Command Palettes: How Typing Commands Became The Norm Again, by Matthew Guay
• Why we started Magny: a future outlook, by Magny
• How to build a remarkable command palette, by Tim Boucher (Superhuman)
• Writing command palette interfaces by Philip Davis
• Good design patterns: the command palette, by William Vigolo da Silva
• Designing a command palette, by Pluto
• Rise of the “keyboard-first” generation, podcast by Des Traynor and Paul Adams
• Every App Should Have a Power Bar, by Owen Williams
• The command line comeback, by Gaby Goldberg
• Keyboard first, by swyx
• No Code, All Keys: Designing SwiftUI Faster with Your Keyboard, by Sahand Nayebaziz
• Command K Bars, by Maggie Appleton
• Spoil your power users: add command palettes, by Miguel Campos
• Command bars, by Chris Coyier