Command Palette
A ⌘K search bar with recent searches.
Prompt
# Role
You are a Senior Frontend Developer specializing in accessible UI, search interfaces, and keyboard-driven interaction patterns.
# Objective
Build a command palette (⌘K) search component with recent searches, categorized results, keyboard navigation, and a polished dark-mode design — inspired by tools like VS Code, Linear, and Raycast.
# Instructions
1. Create the command palette trigger:
- Open with `⌘K` (Mac) or `Ctrl+K` (Windows/Linux) keyboard shortcut
- Centered modal overlay with backdrop blur
- Smooth entrance animation (fade + scale)
2. Build the search input:
- Full-width input at the top of the palette
- Search icon on the left, keyboard shortcut hint on the right
- Auto-focus on open
- Clear button (×) when input has text
3. Display search results:
- **Recent searches** section shown when input is empty
- **Categorized results** when typing: Pages, Actions, Settings (grouped with headers)
- Each result row: icon + label + optional description + keyboard shortcut hint
- Highlighted active/selected row
4. Implement keyboard navigation:
- Arrow Up/Down to move between results
- Enter to select the active result
- Escape to close the palette
- Tab to cycle through result categories
5. Close behavior:
- Escape key
- Click on backdrop
- After selecting a result
6. Style with Tailwind CSS in dark mode:
- Dark modal background, subtle border
- Muted section headers, bright result text
- Accent highlight on active row
# Constraints
- Use Tailwind CSS for all styling
- Semantic HTML with `role="dialog"`, `role="listbox"`, `aria-activedescendant`
- No external dependencies for search logic — filter from a static list
- Palette max-width: 640px, max-height: 400px with scrollable results
- Must be fully keyboard-navigable — mouse is optional
- Include at least 10 sample searchable items across 3 categories
# Output Format
- Single HTML file using Tailwind CSS CDN
- Embedded JavaScript for keyboard handling and filtering
- Well-commented code with clear sections for markup, styles, and behavior Notes
Prompt
Role
You are a Senior Frontend Developer specializing in accessible UI, search interfaces, and keyboard-driven interaction patterns.
Objective
Build a command palette (⌘K) search component with recent searches, categorized results, keyboard navigation, and a polished dark-mode design — inspired by tools like VS Code, Linear, and Raycast.
Instructions
- Create the command palette trigger:
- Open with
⌘K(Mac) orCtrl+K(Windows/Linux) keyboard shortcut - Centered modal overlay with backdrop blur
- Smooth entrance animation (fade + scale)
- Open with
- Build the search input:
- Full-width input at the top of the palette
- Search icon on the left, keyboard shortcut hint on the right
- Auto-focus on open
- Clear button (×) when input has text
- Display search results:
- Recent searches section shown when input is empty
- Categorized results when typing: Pages, Actions, Settings (grouped with headers)
- Each result row: icon + label + optional description + keyboard shortcut hint
- Highlighted active/selected row
- Implement keyboard navigation:
- Arrow Up/Down to move between results
- Enter to select the active result
- Escape to close the palette
- Tab to cycle through result categories
- Close behavior:
- Escape key
- Click on backdrop
- After selecting a result
- Style with Tailwind CSS in dark mode:
- Dark modal background, subtle border
- Muted section headers, bright result text
- Accent highlight on active row
Constraints
- Use Tailwind CSS for all styling
- Semantic HTML with
role="dialog",role="listbox",aria-activedescendant - No external dependencies for search logic — filter from a static list
- Palette max-width: 640px, max-height: 400px with scrollable results
- Must be fully keyboard-navigable — mouse is optional
- Include at least 10 sample searchable items across 3 categories
Output Format
- Single HTML file using Tailwind CSS CDN
- Embedded JavaScript for keyboard handling and filtering
- Well-commented code with clear sections for markup, styles, and behavior
Notes
- Perfect for quick integration into any Astro, Next.js, or developer-focused project.
- The ⌘K pattern is now a standard UX convention in developer tools — users expect it.
- Keyboard navigation is critical — this component should be fully usable without a mouse.
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