Command Palette
Starting with v0.13.0, Tabularis includes a "go to anything" search overlay in the spirit of the palette every code editor has. In v0.20.0 it grew into a full command palette with two modes: object search (the original Quick Navigator) and an action palette for running app commands. A label in the palette header always shows which mode you're in.
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Opening It
Press ⌘+P (macOS) or Ctrl+P (Windows/Linux) while a connection is open to search objects, or ⌘+Shift+A / Ctrl+Shift+A for the action palette. Both shortcuts are customizable from Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts under the Navigation category — see Keyboard Shortcuts.
The Action Palette
The action palette runs app commands — for example opening settings or opening the current table in a SQL console — filtered as you type, with the same keyboard handling as object search.
Commands are scope-aware: each editor pane registers the connection and table it owns, and the palette resolves commands against the pane you're actually working in. In split view with two connections, the action palette invoked from each pane targets that pane's connection and table — not whichever connection happens to be globally active.
What Object Search Finds
The object palette filters tables, views, routines, and triggers as you type, using typo-tolerant fuzzy matching — a misspelling like ordrs still finds orders, and the closest names rank first. When the overlay opens, Tabularis resolves and indexes all databases and schemas configured for the active connection in the background:
- A multi-database MySQL/MariaDB connection is searched across every selected database.
- A multi-schema PostgreSQL connection is searched across every visible schema.
Results are grouped under separator headers by database/schema, so users in app_prod and users in app_staging are unambiguous.
Quick Actions
Hover any result to reveal inline actions:
| Action | Available on | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Inspect Structure | tables | Opens the structure modal with columns, types, and keys |
| New Console | tables | Opens a console tab pre-filled with a SELECT * — without running it |
| Generate SQL | tables | Opens the Generate SQL modal |
| Count Rows | tables, views | Runs a COUNT(*) against the object |
| Run Query | tables, views | Opens a console tab with a SELECT * and runs it |
| Copy Name | everything | Copies the object name to the clipboard |
Selecting a result (Enter or click) opens it — tables and views run a SELECT * in a console tab, routines and triggers open their definition — and reveals the object in the sidebar: collapsed databases or schemas auto-expand, lazily load their contents if needed, and the sidebar scrolls the item into view.
Performance Notes
The navigator was built to stay responsive on connections with hundreds of tables: sidebar table items are memoized so only the previously- and newly-active items re-render, and the scroll-reveal retries until asynchronously loaded items actually exist in the DOM.