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CommandPalette

Add a customizable command palette to your app.

Usage

Use a v-model to display a searchable and selectable list of commands.

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<script setup>
const people = [
  { id: 1, label: 'Wade Cooper' },
  { id: 2, label: 'Arlene Mccoy' },
  { id: 3, label: 'Devon Webb' },
  { id: 4, label: 'Tom Cook' },
  { id: 5, label: 'Tanya Fox' },
  { id: 6, label: 'Hellen Schmidt' },
  { id: 7, label: 'Caroline Schultz' },
  { id: 8, label: 'Mason Heaney' },
  { id: 9, label: 'Claudie Smitham' },
  { id: 10, label: 'Emil Schaefer' }
]
const selected = ref([people[3]])
</script>
<template>
  <UCommandPalette
    v-model="selected"
    multiple
    nullable
    :groups="[{ key: 'people', commands: people }]"
    :fuse="{ resultLimit: 6, fuseOptions: { threshold: 0.1 } }"
  />
</template>

You can put a CommandPalette anywhere you want but it's most commonly used inside of a modal.

<script setup>
const isOpen = ref(false)
const people = [
  { id: 1, label: 'Wade Cooper' },
  { id: 2, label: 'Arlene Mccoy' },
  { id: 3, label: 'Devon Webb' },
  { id: 4, label: 'Tom Cook' },
  { id: 5, label: 'Tanya Fox' },
  { id: 6, label: 'Hellen Schmidt' },
  { id: 7, label: 'Caroline Schultz' },
  { id: 8, label: 'Mason Heaney' },
  { id: 9, label: 'Claudie Smitham' },
  { id: 10, label: 'Emil Schaefer' }
]
const selected = ref([])
</script>
<template>
  <div>
    <UButton label="Open" @click="isOpen = true" />
    <UModal v-model="isOpen">
      <UCommandPalette
        v-model="selected"
        multiple
        nullable
        :groups="[{ key: 'people', commands: people }]"
      />
    </UModal>
  </div>
</template>

You can pass multiple groups of commands to the component. Each group will be separated by a divider and will display a label.

Without a v-model, you can also listen on @update:model-value to navigate to a link or do something else when a command is clicked.

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<script setup>
const router = useRouter()
const toast = useToast()
const commandPaletteRef = ref()
const users = [
  { id: 'benjamincanac', label: 'benjamincanac', href: 'https://github.com/benjamincanac', target: '_blank', avatar: { src: 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/739984?v=4' } },
  { id: 'Atinux', label: 'Atinux', href: 'https://github.com/Atinux', target: '_blank', avatar: { src: 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/904724?v=4' } },
  { id: 'smarroufin', label: 'smarroufin', href: 'https://github.com/smarroufin', target: '_blank', avatar: { src: 'https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7547335?v=4' } }
]
const actions = [
  { id: 'new-file', label: 'Add new file', icon: 'i-heroicons-document-plus', click: () => toast.add({ title: 'New file added!' }), shortcuts: ['', 'N'] },
  { id: 'new-folder', label: 'Add new folder', icon: 'i-heroicons-folder-plus', click: () => toast.add({ title: 'New folder added!' }), shortcuts: ['', 'F'] },
  { id: 'hashtag', label: 'Add hashtag', icon: 'i-heroicons-hashtag', click: () => toast.add({ title: 'Hashtag added!' }), shortcuts: ['', 'H'] },
  { id: 'label', label: 'Add label', icon: 'i-heroicons-tag', click: () => toast.add({ title: 'Label added!' }), shortcuts: ['', 'L'] }
]
const groups = computed(() =>
  [commandPaletteRef.value?.query ? {
    key: 'users',
    commands: users
  } : {
    key: 'recent',
    label: 'Recent searches',
    commands: users.slice(0, 1)
  }, {
    key: 'actions',
    commands: actions
  }].filter(Boolean))
function onSelect (option) {
  if (option.click) {
    option.click()
  } else if (option.to) {
    router.push(option.to)
  } else if (option.href) {
    window.open(option.href, '_blank')
  }
}
</script>
<template>
  <UCommandPalette ref="commandPaletteRef" :groups="groups" @update:model-value="onSelect" />
</template>

Icon

Use any icon from Iconify by setting the icon prop by using this pattern: i-{collection_name}-{icon_name}.

Use the selected-icon prop to set a different icon or change it globally in ui.commandPalette.default.selectedIcon. Defaults to i-heroicons-check-20-solid.

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<UCommandPalette icon="i-heroicons-command-line" />

Loading

Use the loading prop to show a loading icon.

Use the loading-icon prop to set a different icon or change it globally in ui.commandPalette.default.loadingIcon. Defaults to i-heroicons-arrow-path-20-solid.

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<UCommandPalette loading />

Placeholder

Use the placeholder prop to change the input placeholder

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<UCommandPalette placeholder="Type a command..." />

Close

Use the close-button prop to display a close button on the right side of the input.

You can pass all the props of the Button component to customize it through the close-button prop or globally through ui.commandPalette.default.closeButton.

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<UCommandPalette :close-button="{ icon: 'i-heroicons-x-mark-20-solid', color: 'gray', variant: 'link', padded: false }" />

Empty

An empty state will be displayed when there are no results.

Use the empty-state prop to customize the icon and label or change them globally in ui.commandPalette.default.emptyState.

You can also set it to null to hide the empty state.

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<UCommandPalette :empty-state="{ icon: 'i-heroicons-magnifying-glass-20-solid', label: 'We couldn't find any items.', queryLabel: 'We couldn't find any items with that term. Please try again.' }" />

The CommandPalette component takes care of the full-text search for you with Fuse.js. You can pass all the options of Fuse.js through the fuse prop.

When searching for a command, the component will look for a label property on the command by default. You can customize this behavior by overriding the command-attribute prop. This will also affect the display of the command.

You can also highlight the matches in the command by setting the fuse.fuseOptions.includeMatches to true. The CommandPalette component automatically takes care of the highlighting for you.

<template>
  <UCommandPalette
    command-attribute="title"
    :fuse="{
      fuseOptions: {
        ignoreLocation: true,
        includeMatches: true,
        threshold: 0,
        keys: ['title', 'description', 'children.children.value', 'children.children.children.value']
      },
      resultLimit: 10
    }"
  />
</template>
Try it yourself in this documentation's search by pressing .

You can also pass an async function to the search property of a group to perform an async search. The function will receive the query as its first argument and should return an array of commands.

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<script setup>
const groups = computed(() => {
  return [{
    key: 'users',
    label: q => q && `Users matching “${q}”...`,
    search: async (q) => {
      if (!q) {
        return []
      }
      const users = await $fetch(`https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users`, { params: { q } })
      return users.map(user => ({ id: user.id, label: user.name, suffix: user.email }))
    }
  }].filter(Boolean)
})
</script>
<template>
  <UCommandPalette :groups="groups" />
</template>
The loading state will automatically be enabled when a search function is loading. You can disable this behavior by setting the loading-icon prop to null or globally in ui.commandPalette.default.loadingIcon.

Slots

<group>-icon

Use the #<group>-icon slot to override the left command content which display by default the icon, avatar and chip.

<group>-command

Use the #<group>-command slot to override the command content which display by default the prefix, suffix and label (customizable through the command-attribute prop).

<group>-active

Use the #<group>-active slot to override the right command content (when hovered) which display by default the active field of the group if provided.

<group>-inactive

Use the #<group>-inactive slot to override the right command content (when not hovered) which display by default the inactive field of the group if provided or the shortcuts of the command.

The 4 slots above will have access to the group, command, active and selected properties in the slot scope.

empty-state

Use the #empty-state slot to customize the empty state.

Nothing here!
<script setup>
const groups = [...]
</script>
<template>
  <UCommandPalette :groups="groups">
    <template #empty-state>
      <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center py-6 gap-3">
        <span class="italic text-sm">Nothing here!</span>
        <UButton label="Add item" />
      </div>
    </template>
  </UCommandPalette>
</template>

Props

ui
any

{}

icon
string

appConfig.ui.commandPalette.default.icon

placeholder
string

"Search..."

modelValue
string | number | Record<string, any> | unknown[]

null

loadingIcon
string

appConfig.ui.commandPalette.default.loadingIcon

by
string

"id"

selectedIcon
string

appConfig.ui.commandPalette.default.selectedIcon

debounce
number

200

emptyState
{ icon: string; label: string; queryLabel: string; }

appConfig.ui.commandPalette.default.emptyState

groupAttribute
string

"label"

commandAttribute
string

"label"

groups
Group[]

[]

closeButton
any

appConfig.ui.commandPalette.default.closeButton

fuse
{}

{}

nullable
boolean

false

loading
boolean

false

multiple
boolean

false

searchable
boolean

true

autoselect
boolean

true

autoclear
boolean

true

Preset

appConfig.ui.commandPalette
{
  "wrapper": "flex flex-col flex-1 min-h-0 divide-y divide-gray-100 dark:divide-gray-800",
  "container": "relative flex-1 overflow-y-auto divide-y divide-gray-100 dark:divide-gray-800 scroll-py-2",
  "input": {
    "wrapper": "relative flex items-center",
    "base": "w-full placeholder-gray-400 dark:placeholder-gray-500 bg-transparent border-0 text-gray-900 dark:text-white focus:ring-0 focus:outline-none",
    "padding": "px-4",
    "height": "h-12",
    "size": "sm:text-sm",
    "icon": {
      "base": "pointer-events-none absolute start-4 text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500",
      "size": "h-4 w-4",
      "padding": "ps-10"
    },
    "closeButton": "absolute end-4"
  },
  "emptyState": {
    "wrapper": "flex flex-col items-center justify-center flex-1 px-6 py-14 sm:px-14",
    "label": "text-sm text-center text-gray-900 dark:text-white",
    "queryLabel": "text-sm text-center text-gray-900 dark:text-white",
    "icon": "w-6 h-6 mx-auto text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500 mb-4"
  },
  "group": {
    "wrapper": "p-2",
    "label": "px-2 my-2 text-xs font-semibold text-gray-900 dark:text-white",
    "container": "text-sm text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-200",
    "command": {
      "base": "flex justify-between select-none items-center rounded-md px-2 py-1.5 gap-2 relative",
      "active": "bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-800 text-gray-900 dark:text-white",
      "inactive": "",
      "label": "flex items-center gap-1.5 min-w-0",
      "prefix": "text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500",
      "suffix": "text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500",
      "container": "flex items-center gap-2 min-w-0",
      "icon": {
        "base": "flex-shrink-0 w-4 h-4",
        "active": "text-gray-900 dark:text-white",
        "inactive": "text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500"
      },
      "selectedIcon": {
        "base": "h-4 w-4 text-gray-900 dark:text-white flex-shrink-0"
      },
      "avatar": {
        "base": "flex-shrink-0",
        "size": "3xs"
      },
      "chip": {
        "base": "flex-shrink-0 w-2 h-2 mx-1 rounded-full"
      },
      "disabled": "opacity-50",
      "shortcuts": "hidden md:inline-flex flex-shrink-0 gap-0.5"
    },
    "active": "flex-shrink-0 text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400",
    "inactive": "flex-shrink-0 text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400"
  },
  "default": {
    "icon": "i-heroicons-magnifying-glass-20-solid",
    "loadingIcon": "i-heroicons-arrow-path-20-solid",
    "emptyState": {
      "icon": "i-heroicons-magnifying-glass-20-solid",
      "label": "We couldn't find any items.",
      "queryLabel": "We couldn't find any items with that term. Please try again."
    },
    "closeButton": null,
    "selectedIcon": "i-heroicons-check-20-solid"
  }
}