Command Palette

Feature Proposal
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Many interfaces nowadays implement Command Palette pattern:

Feature proposal is to add a similar Ctrl+P or Ctrl+Shift+P shortcut in Delta Chat Desktop that opens a command palette with searchable commands like:

  • Mute chat (followed by the prompt for the duration)
  • Archive chat
  • Add contact (followed by the prompt for the contact address or name)
  • Remove contact (followed by the prompt for the contact address or name)
  • Rename chat
  • …
  • Other commands relevant in the context

Such interface does not take additional space, but can provide quick access to actions and settings that are normally only accessible via multiple clicks.

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Parla, Delta Chat client for GNOME, has a somewhat similar “quick chat switcher” feature: you can press Ctrl-K, search for the chat in the search popup, and immediately jump to it. This is faster than filtering the chatlist in Delta Chat Desktop, where I press Ctrl+F, type the chat name, then assuming the first search result is the correct one I still have to press Enter once to go to the search results and Enter again to switch to this chat, and at this point the search is still active so I need to press X to get full chatlist back.

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