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Command palette

The command palette is FlutterFlow’s search box: it finds places, threads, and apps, and runs commands from the keyboard.

The command palette open on a thread page before anything is typed, showing On this page, Go to and Create.The command palette open on a thread page before anything is typed, showing On this page, Go to and Create.

Open the palette

You open the command palette with a shortcut or the Search button. In an app, its search box says “Search or ask FlutterFlow…”. Outside an app, it says “Search projects and settings…”. The following table lists each key and button, and what it does.

Key or button What it does
Command+K (Control+K on Windows) Opens the palette, or closes it when it’s open.
Search, at the top of the left bar Opens the palette.
Enter Runs the highlighted command. The button at the bottom of the palette names what Enter does: Open, Run, Switch, Ask, or Open draft.
Command+Enter (Control+Enter on Windows) New tab for a place, which opens it in a new browser tab, or Send now for Ask FlutterFlow.
Esc Closes the palette.

The shortcut does nothing while the agent is making a first version, or while another menu or dialog is open.

If you reopen the palette shortly after closing it, what you typed comes back, selected, so your next key replaces it.

When you type, the palette searches every command together and groups the results, with the group of the best match first. It matches each command’s name, the text at its right, and some related words, so testflight also finds iPhone app and App Store.

  • When more than four threads or apps match, Threads and Projects show the best four, then All threads or All apps.
  • On Threads pages, matching threads come first.
  • In an app, after you type a few characters, the last row is Ask FlutterFlow: “…”, which opens a new thread with what you typed in the message box. Command+Enter sends it at once (From search). The row shows while your allowance lets you send messages.
The command palette with budget typed, showing matching results and Ask FlutterFlow: “budget” with New thread.The command palette with budget typed, showing matching results and Ask FlutterFlow: “budget” with New thread.

Before you type

When the search box is empty, the palette shows a short list instead of every command. The following table lists what it shows inside and outside an app.

Where you are What the palette shows
In an app On this page (the page’s own commands), Recent, the next Road to launch step, the areas under Go to, and Create.
Outside an app Recent, your apps under Projects with All apps, Create, and Preferences · Account.

Recent lists the commands that you run most, and recent runs count for more. The palette keeps them for your account in this browser and clears them when you sign out.

Commands

The following table lists each group’s commands and when they show. Text that the palette shows at the right of a command is in parentheses.

Group Commands When they show
On this page The current page’s own commands. For a thread page’s commands, see On a thread page. On Overview, the next Road to launch step and Share a preview move here. On some pages, that area’s guide is here too, such as How threads work on Threads or How connections work on Connections. On pages that have commands of their own
Road to launch The next step’s name (Next step · N of M, or Needs you · N of M when the step needs you) In an app, until the required steps are done
Open the road to launch While the road to launch is showing (in the left bar on a computer)
Go to Overview, Threads, Backend, Releases In an app
Design, Analytics, Payments: see Coming soon In an app
Backend overview, Starter data, Usage (Backend) In an app
People, Files (Backend) In an app that has them, when your role can open them
Secrets (Backend) In an app, when your role can open it
App Store, Google Play, Store listing (Releases) In an app
Connect FlutterFlow to App Store Connect, Add the app in App Store Connect (App Store); Connect FlutterFlow to Google Play, Add the app in Play Console (Google Play) In an app
Project settings, Team, Connections, App stores, Emails, Store pictures (Settings) In an app
Android app, iPhone app (Releases), each opening its store’s page in Releases In an app
Threads Up to 50 threads by name: first the ones you’ve opened since the page last loaded (most recent first), then the rest by latest activity, each with its state when it has one (Working, Needs you, Failed, or Unread) In an app, except the thread you’re on
All threads In an app
Projects The app you’re in (Current project), your other apps (Enter says Switch), and All apps Always
Tables Each of your app’s tables (Table) In an app that has tables
Create New thread In an app
New app Always
Share · Stage Share a preview On Overview, on New thread, and on threads that you started (on a phone, also on Threads, Backend, Releases, Project settings, and the Coming soon pages)
Invite people; Show the app or Hide the app On Overview and thread pages (on a phone, also on Threads, Backend, Releases, Project settings, and the Coming soon pages)
Fill the stage or Show the app at standard size While the app is showing beside the page
On your phone In an app
Preferences · Account Theme: Light, Theme: Dark, Theme: System (Current beside the one you use) Always
Plan & usage; Connections, App stores (Account); Sign out Always
Choose a plan On the Free plan, or when your allowance is spent, you have no refills left, and a higher plan exists
Help How FlutterFlow works, What’s new, Send feedback Always

On a thread page

A thread page adds the following commands under On this page.

Command When it shows
Stop the run While a turn is running in a thread that you started
Push to your app… When the thread’s Push to your app button is available
Show Preview, Show Changes When the thread page can show the app
Show Screens When the thread’s preview has Screens
Show followed by a screen’s name (Screen or Variants), one for each screen When the thread’s preview has Screens
Show Data When the thread’s app keeps data
Rename thread…, Delete thread… In a thread that you started
Hide thread list or Show thread list On Threads pages that have a thread list, on a computer