Command bar modes

[franknoirot]

We've been discussing a bit about how to have everything available in the command bar (which you can open with Cmd + K on Mac, and Ctrl + K on Windows and Linux), but not make the command bar feel crowded or chaotic.

I suggest that we add modes to the command bar that change what you are searching for. These modes will be able to be entered one of two ways, borrowing from the examples set by VS Code and GitHub's command bars:

1. Via similar but modified keyboard shortcut, ex. Cmd + Shift + K instead of Cmd + K
2. Via a leader character being entered into the command bar (or deleted from it)

Our team seems to agree that this is a useful pattern, but I want to allow space for discussing a couple specifics:

1. What are all the modes we want to support for now?
2. What is the default mode?
3. What are the leader keys and characters that activate the non-default modes?

[franknoirot]

Here's my proposal:

1. Default mode - Mod + K

• In home, searches File and Settings commands (like now)
• In a project, searches Modeling and File commands

2. File Search mode - Mod + Shift + K or leader character / (lol I just realized Github's file search mode is /)

• In home, searches across all projects
• In a project, searches only that project (should we support searching other projects with a Github-like ! project search mode?)

3. Everything Bagel mode - Mod + Alt + K or leader character +

• In home, has no effect (that I can think of)
• In a project, searches all commands: modeling, file, settings, and everything

4. Help mode - Mod + ? or leader character ?

• Inspired by tips and help leader character from GitHub's command bar

• See keyboard shortcuts, tips, command templates, and onboarding guides

[Irev-Dev]

Sounds good to me !