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⌨️ A User-friendly, easy-to-use, scalable, and highly customizable component for automating your command+k experience.
https://github.com/adenekan41/scoutbar

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⌨️ A User-friendly, easy-to-use, scalable, and highly customizable component for automating your command+k experience.

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ScoutBar



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[![npm](https://badge.fury.io/js/scoutbar.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/scoutbar)



[![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/scoutbar.png?downloads=true&downloadRank=true&stars=true)](https://nodei.co/npm/scoutbar/)



### [See Demo On Codesandbox](https://codesandbox.io/s/scoutbar-gm9er?file=/src/App.tsx)



### [See Documentation](https://scoutbar.co/docs/home)



## ⚡️Overview



It has been observed that users who are familiar with the `CMD + K` shortcut for searching and performing complex actions within applications like Slack and Workspace by Facebook are able to navigate these apps more efficiently by 21%. This highlights the value of providing users with effective search and navigation tools.



With this in mind, we are excited to introduce Scoutbar - an easy-to-install React component that automates the `CMD + K` experience. Scoutbar is portable and extensible, making it a convenient solution for improving the search and navigation capabilities of your application. Give your users the ability to quickly find what they are looking for and increase their productivity with Scoutbar.



## 🔧 Installation



You can easily install this package with yarn or npm:



```

$ yarn add scoutbar

```



or



```

$ npm install scoutbar

```



## ✨ Features



- 🤘 Super easy to install

- 📦 It's tiny, only 400b gzipped

- 🙅‍♂️ It's got keyboard nav support

  - And keyboard shortcuts to configure specific actions

- 🔧 Flexible API

  - A simple data structure and function helper to customize your experience

- 💪 Fully tested, typed, and reliable

- 🌍 Works in CommonJS, ESM, and the browser

- 🤓 Handy helpers included

- 🧑 Zero dependencies



## 📖 Usage



One of the best things about it is that it is as simple as integrating one

component. you have scoutbar on your app.



```jsx

import React from 'react';

import { ScoutBar } from 'scoutbar';



export default function App() {

  return (

    


       [

          createScoutAction({

            label: 'Get Started',

            description: 'Get started with scoutbar',

            href: '/',

          }),

        ]}

      />

    


  );

}

```



Seeing is believing! There are clear descriptions of each utility, as well as

instructions on how to use them, in the documentation.



## 🍷 Documentation [See All](https://scoutbar.co/docs/home)



### tutorial



#### `Type -> Boolean`



#### `Default -> true`



Allows you the ability to disable / hide scoutbar tutorial hints. i'e the section

that tells users to navigate with the arrows or tabs. e.g



```jsx

  

```



### noAnimation



#### `Type -> Boolean`



#### `Default -> false`



Allows you to disable every animation on scoutbar Disables every animations on

scoutbar. this is by default true if scoutbar detects that the user has

requested that the system minimize the amount of non-essential motion it uses.



```jsx

  

```



### theme



#### `Type -> 'light' | 'dark' | 'auto'`



#### `Default -> 'light'`



Allows you to switch the theme of the scoutbar depending on how you want it.

auto switches to the theme of the current system.



```jsx

  

```



### acknowledgement



#### `Type -> Boolean`



#### `Default -> true`



Show the scoutbar acknowledgement logo on the top right of the input bar.



```jsx

  

```



### brandColor



#### `Type -> String`



#### `Default -> #000`



Allows you to set the official scoutbar brand color. it helps to match the

color grade on your application



```jsx

  

```



### placeholder



#### `Type -> String | String[]`



#### `Default -> ['What would you like to do today ?','What do you need?', 'Lets help you navigate'],`



Allows you to switch between different placeholder texts or just a single one.



```jsx

  

```



### revealScoutbar



#### `Type -> boolean`



#### `Default -> false`



Reveal the scoutbar with an external action. PS forcefully opens the scoutbar



```jsx

  

```



[See All Documentation](https://scoutbar.co/docs/home)



## 🤔Thought Process



- https://defkey.com/what-means/command-k

- https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/2/15475078/slack-keyboard-shortcuts-how-to-guide#:~:text=%E2%8C%98%20%2B%20K%20%2F%20Ctrl%20%2B%20K,to%20jump%20to%20that%20conversation.



## Contributing



When contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish

to make via an issue. This can be a feature request or a bug report. After a

maintainer has triaged your issue, you are welcome to collaborate on a pull

request. If your change is small or uncomplicated, you are welcome to open an

issue and pull request simultaneously.



Please note we have a code of conduct, please follow it in all your interactions

with the project.



### Running Scoutbar Locally



A local test environment has been setup for developers that wants to develop and

contribute to scoutbar. to start up the dev server do the following



```

$ yarn install

$ yarn run dev // server running on http://localhost:3008

```



### Linking Scoutbar Locally



Run



```

$ npm link

```



This will create a symbolic link in the /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ folder,

that contains the global npm packages in the system, the ones installed using

npm -g.



```

npm link scoutbar

```



Then we run this in the project we want to link scoutbar locally to



[See More on contributing](https://scoutbar.co/docs/contribute)



## 🤝 License



> MIT © [codewonders.dev](https://codewonders.dev)  ·  GitHub

> [@adenekan41 / codewonders](https://github.com/adenekan41)