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Work · May 27, 2020

Paletro

Enable command palette (⇧⌘P) in any application on macOS

Paletro launched on May 27, 2020 with 116 votes, #310 of 4,813 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

What it does

Like efficiency of "Command Palette" (usually with shortcut ⇧⌘P) in VS Code or Sublime? Now you can use this feature in any other app as well by Paletro. With Paletro launched or configured, pressing ⇧⌘P, you will see the command palette panel in any app.

Command Palette in any applications

With Paletro , by pressing ⇧⌘P , you have access to all of the functionality of current focused app, including keyboard shortcuts for the most common operations. Now you can use the feature for other applications as well by launching Paletro. In order to add this feature into other applications as well, Paletro uses the accessibility feature of macOS to retrieve all available commands from main menu of current running app. Then you can search or filter commands like using your favorite IDEs. Fuzzy search or filter operations in command palette without taking your hands from the keyboard. Display and support original shortcut keys from current application, like a built-in component. Able to…from appmakes.io

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