Spotlight (⌘K)
Spotlight is Catalog’s command palette — a single keyboard launcher that searches across every collection, every show, and exposes the most common actions. Once you internalize it, you almost stop using the sidebar.
Open it
| Platform | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| macOS | ⌘ K |
| Windows / Linux | Ctrl K |
| Touch | Tap the magnifier icon in the header bar. |
Esc closes it. You can also click outside the palette to dismiss.
Spotlight open over the catalog UI.
Centered modal with search input, results grouped under headings (Collections / Shows / Actions / Settings).
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What’s searchable
Spotlight indexes four things:
- Collections — every collection you can see, including org collections, personal, shared-with-me, and favorited.
- Shows — every show in the active workspace (admins searching from the All Shows view get cross-org results).
- Navigation — top-level routes like Settings, Admin dashboard, Browse → Recent, etc.
- Actions — switch theme, open settings, reload page, (in dev) toggle the dev menu.
Results are grouped by source. Type to narrow; arrow keys to highlight; Enter to trigger.
Quick actions on results
Hovering or focusing a result reveals contextual actions in a row of small buttons. Most useful:
| Action | Where it appears |
|---|---|
| Open | Default action (also via Enter). |
| Insights | Collections, opens the insights drawer. |
| Duplicate | Collections you own. |
| Share | Collections you can edit. |
| Rename | Collections you own. |
| Delete | Collections you own. |
Action visibility respects permissions — you won’t see Delete on a shared collection where you only have view access.
Spotlight result row hover state with action buttons.
A collection result highlighted, with Insights / Duplicate / Share / Rename / Delete icon buttons inline.
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Built-in commands
A few commands are always available, regardless of where you are in the app.
Theme
- Switch to Light Mode
- Switch to Dark Mode
- Use System Theme
Keywords: “theme”, “light”, “dark”, “system”, “auto”, “night”, “day”.
App
- Open Settings — ⌘ , shortcut.
- Reload Page — ⌘ R shortcut (just calls
window.location.reload). - Open Developer Menu — only in dev mode; admins inside Frequency only.
Navigation
Type the name of any top-level page — Settings, Admin, Browse, Recently visited, Shared with me — to jump there.
Tips for power users
- Fuzzy matching — typing “tj re” finds “The Joe Rogan Experience” via keyword scoring. You don’t need exact strings.
- Group-only search — prefix with
>to limit to actions, or just type a verb (“rename foo”, “duplicate q1”). The intent inference looks for action keywords first. - Mouse-free flow — Open Spotlight → type a collection → arrow-right to focus its actions → arrow-down to Insights → Enter. The insights drawer opens without your hands ever leaving the keyboard.
- Recent results — Spotlight remembers recently-opened items and pins them to the top when the search box is empty.
Other keyboard shortcuts
Spotlight isn’t the only thing on a hotkey. Here’s the full kit:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘/Ctrl + K | Open Spotlight |
| ⌘ + , | Open Settings |
| ⌘/Ctrl + R | Reload page |
| Esc | Close modals / cancel edit |
| Enter | Edit focused cell / submit |
| Arrow keys | Move focus in grid |
| Shift + arrow | Extend grid selection |
| ⌘/Ctrl + C | Copy grid selection |
| ⌘/Ctrl + V | Paste into grid |
The data grid swallows arrow keys when focused, so use Tab to escape it.
Edge cases & gotchas
- No results? Make sure the org switcher is on the right workspace — Spotlight searches the active scope, not your full universe (except for admins on All Shows).
- Hot-key conflict with browser bookmarks bar (⌘ K in Chrome). Catalog claims the event with
preventDefault, so the address bar shouldn’t focus — if it does, the page is still loading. - Result limits — Spotlight caps each group at ~15 entries to keep results scannable. Narrow your search if you don’t see what you want.