https://github.com/Armaldio/electron-command-palette

Easily integrate a command palette inside your Electron aplication
https://github.com/Armaldio/electron-command-palette

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Easily integrate a command palette inside your Electron aplication

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/Armaldio/electron-command-palette
• Owner: Armaldio
• Created: 2017-07-20T23:52:22.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-02-06T04:54:30.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-28T14:18:05.972Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: armaldio, command-palette, electron, nodejs
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 441 KB
• Stars: 15
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

          
# Electron Command Palette 

A nice-looking command palette for Electron

[![npm version](https://badge.fury.io/js/electron-command-palette.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/js/electron-command-palette)

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/armaldio/electron-command-palette.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/armaldio/electron-command-palette)

[![XO code style](https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-XO-5ed9c7.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/xo)

[![Repo Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-Maintained-brightgreen.svg)](https://github.com/armaldio/electron-command-palette)

![PRESENTATION GIF](img/Commandpalette.gif)

## Features

 * Searchable

 * Highly customizable *

 * Show **Title** - **Description** - **Shortcut** and **Category**   

 * Register local shortcuts *

 * Register custom actions on click *

\* *planned feature*

 

![FEATURE IMAGE](img/Commandpalette.png)

## Installation

`$ npm install --save electron-command-palette`

## Usage

### Mandatory

**renderer.js** :

```js

const CmdPalette = require("electron-command-palette");

let palette = new CmdPalette();

```

### Add commands

```js

const cmds       = require("./commands.json");

//JSON style

palette.add(cmds);

//inline style

palette.add({

    "title": "New project",

    "category": "Project",

    "description": "Create a new project from scratch",

    "shortcut": "CmdOrCtrl+Shift+N",

    "action": "newproject"

})

```

**commands.json** :

```json

[

  {

    "title": "New project",

    "category": "Project",

    "description": "Create a new project from scratch",

    "shortcut": "CmdOrCtrl+Shift+N",

    "action": "newproject"

  },

  {

      "title": "Title",

      "category": "Optional categoty",

      "description": "optional description",

      "shortcut": "Electron accelerator",

      "action": "Name of the function previously registered"

    }

]

```

### Register functions

**renderer.js**: 

```js

const functions  = require("./functions");

//Module style

palette.register(functions);

//Inline style

palette.register("saveproject", function() {

	Project.save();

});

```

**functions.js**:

```js

module.exports = [

	{

		"key"   : "newproject",

		"action": function () {

			console.log("Save project");

		}

	},

	{

		"key"   : "openproject",

		"action": function () {

			console.log("Open project");

		}

	}

];

```

### Display

```js

palette.show();

palette.hide();

```

## TODO

 * [X] Tidy repo  

 * [X] Register functions

 * [ ] register shortcuts

 * [X] Trigger correct action on click

 * [ ] Fix bad fuzzy search

 * [ ] Customization options (position, CSS classes, themes)

## Contributors

 * [Armaldio](https://github.com/armaldio/)

## License

MIT © [Armaldio](https://armaldio.xyz)