Command palette

New in 5.0, the command palette is a global command interface. Instead of navigating through menus, you type what you want to do and OpenCelium executes it — opening a list, creating an entity, updating a value, downloading a template, or searching the workflow you have open.

Opening the palette

• Press Ctrl+K (⌘+K on macOS) anywhere in the application. The palette is the input in the middle of the top bar.

• In the workflow editor the palette is embedded in the header as a collapsed icon with a hotkey pill. It expands when focused and switches to modal mode.

Key	Action
Ctrl+K	Open the command palette.
↑ / ↓	Navigate the suggestions.
↵	Select the highlighted suggestion.
Tab	Autocomplete the highlighted suggestion.
⌫	Exit a locked scope (on an empty input).
Esc	Close the palette.

Note

Because a command only runs when a suggestion is highlighted, typing a complete command such as help empties the suggestion list and pressing ↵ then does nothing. Type a prefix, let the palette highlight the entry, and confirm with ↵ or Tab.

Note

The palette respects your permissions. Commands for components you may not read are not offered.

How commands are built

Commands read like short sentences and are completed step by step. With an empty input the palette offers the verbs; each further word narrows the command down.

The general shape is:

<verb> <entity> [by <field> <value>]

Verb	Example	Description
list	list users	Opens the entry list of an entity. Takes the plural noun.
search	search user by email jane@example.com	Opens an entry in view mode.
create	create user	Opens the create wizard.
update	update schedule by id 12	Opens an entry in update mode.
delete	delete connector by title Jira	Deletes an entry after a confirmation.
upload / download	download invoker by name i-doit	Exchange invoker and workflow-template files.
check	check license	Opens a check page.
system / ui	ui theme dark	System and appearance actions.
help	help	Opens the command reference.

Values are resolved against a live, cached list, so the palette can complete existing names for you. Suggestions are grouped — the reference dialog uses Navigate, Create, Manage, System and General; the palette itself additionally shows a Recent group and, in the editor, a pinned Workflow group.

If a typed command resolves to nothing, the palette says No results found instead of showing an empty dropdown.

Wizards opened from the palette in the workflow editor suppress the recommendation tags on their success screen, so you stay in your editing flow.

Which entity supports which lookup

The by <field> part differs per entity. This is the complete matrix as offered by the palette:

Entity	list	create	search	delete / update	by fields
category	yes	yes	yes	yes / yes	id, name
connector	yes	yes	yes	yes / yes	id, title
data-aggregator	yes	yes	yes	— / yes	id, name
invoker	yes	yes	yes	yes / —	name
notification-template	yes	yes	yes	yes / yes	id, name
role (the Groups page)	yes	yes	yes	yes / yes	id, name
schedule	yes	yes	yes	yes / yes	id, workflow.title
user	yes	yes	yes	yes / yes	email, id
workflow	—	—	—	— / yes	id, title
workflow-template	yes	—	—	yes / —	id, name, templateId

Note

Workflows are deliberately not created, listed or deleted from the palette — use Workflows in the main menu, the Create Workflow button, or Alt+W. update workflow by id|title opens the workflow editor. Workflow templates are not created from the palette either; they are uploaded, or saved from the workflow editor (see Reuse with templates).

System commands

Command	Description
check license	Check license and API operation usage. Aliases: check ops, check subscription, check usage.
check system	Open the system check page, see System Check. Aliases: system check, check health, check status.
check ldap	Open the LDAP connectivity check page.
update system-config	Update the on-disk application configuration, see Configure the system. Requires the master password; the palette tells you when none is configured.
system config <query>	Search the configuration and edit a single value in place.
ui theme <theme>	Change the application theme. Alias: ui design.
system ui	Open the UI settings page.
upload workflow-template / upload invoker	Upload a template or invoker file.
download workflow-template by name|templateId <value>	Download a workflow template file.
download invoker by name <name>	Download an invoker file.
help	Open the command reference dialog.

The command reference

help opens Command reference — Everything you can do from the command palette. The dialog is generated from the live command tree, so it always matches the commands your installation and your permissions actually offer. It has its own search field and lists the palette’s keyboard shortcuts.

This is the authoritative list for your installation; the tables above describe a default 5.0 setup.

Workflow scope

Inside the workflow editor the palette has a pinned Workflow section. Typing workflow locks the palette to that scope (shown as a chip), from where workflow search <term> performs a fuzzy search across the open workflow. ⌫ on an empty input leaves the scope again. See The workflow model for what exactly is searched and how matches are highlighted.

Global hotkeys

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+K / ⌘+K	Open the command palette.
Alt+M	Toggle between the main menu and the admin menu.
Alt+W	Create a new workflow.
Ctrl+Enter	Advance or submit the current step in an entity wizard.
Ctrl+S	Save the workflow (in the workflow editor).