How do I open FrontTailor’s command palette?

Press Alt+Shift+K in the UI5 app. Alternatively click Open under Tools › More tools › Command palette in the panel, or Palette in the extension popup.

Can I change the shortcut?

Yes, under chrome://extensions/shortcuts (in Edge edge://extensions/shortcuts). The Tools tab links there.

What happens with risky commands like resetting caches?

The palette asks first (“Really run this?”); only a second Enter runs it. On PROD such commands are locked.

Does the command palette cost anything?

No. It is part of the free Community edition. Team favourites from team packages need the Team edition.

Command palette

The command palette brings FrontTailor’s tools into the app itself: press Alt+Shift+K, type a few letters, Enter. No DevTools, no mouse. Pin frequent commands as favourites.

Edition: Community
Shortcut: Alt+Shift+K (changeable)
Place: in the app’s page, on top of everything
Also via: Tools › More tools › Command palette, popup “Palette”
On PROD: locked commands visible but disabled

Open the palette

The palette opens in the app’s page, not in the panel. There are three ways:

Alt+Shift+K in the app (on a Mac ⌥⇧K).
In the panel: Tools tab › More tools card › Command palette › Open.
In the extension popup: Palette.

More tools card in the Tools tab with Support Assistant, technical information and command palette with shortcut and Open — The palette in the Tools tab: see and change the shortcut, open the palette.

Change shortcuts opens chrome://extensions/shortcuts. The current shortcut is shown next to it.
Open shows the palette in the app.

Open command palette over the freestyle demo app with the search field Search actions and the list of actions — The palette over the app: search field at the top, actions below, key help at the bottom.

Search actions …: typing filters right away.
The selected action; the star on the right pins it.

Run a command

Press Alt+Shift+K in the app.
Type debug. The search is fuzzy: word starts and contiguous matches come first.
Use ↑/↓ to select Switch debug mode on.
Press Enter. The app reloads with sap-ui-debug=true.

Command palette with search debug and its matching actions — Search for “debug”: all matching actions, the best first.

The search term.
The best match is selected; Enter runs it.

Commands that delete or reset something ask first: “Really run this?” – a second Enter runs it, Esc cancels. The extension’s background checks for itself anyway.

The commands

Command	Effect
Reset caches and reload	Clear the app’s caches and reload; asks first, locked on PROD.
Reload without cache	Reload the page bypassing the browser cache.
Switch debug mode on · off	Set or remove `sap-ui-debug`.
Debug only own code (`sap-ui-debug=<namespace>`)	Load only the app’s namespace unminified.
Remove all debug parameters	Take the debug parameters out of the URL.
Switch component preload off · Switch view cache off · Set flexibility services to "/"	Debug switches of the app, see Tools.
Check cache buster	Checks whether the loaded version matches the deploy.
Reset launchpad personalization	Asks first, locked on PROD.
UI5 log level: debug · warning	Change UI5’s log level.
Start Support Assistant	UI5’s rule check of the app.
Open technical information (diagnostics)	The UI5 diagnostics window.
Pick a control (pick mode)	Like `Alt`+`Shift`+`F`, see Inspector.
Open side panel	FrontTailor’s side panel.
Change keyboard shortcuts	Opens `chrome://extensions/shortcuts`.
Apply URL profile "…"	One per URL profile of your own, see Tools.
Remember state · Open bookmark: …	See App state bookmarks.

Favourites and recently used

The star or Ctrl+D (Mac: Cmd+D) pins the selected command. Without a search term the palette then shows Favourites first, then the ten recently used commands, then All actions.

Command palette without search term with the Favourites group at the top and All actions below — A pinned command sits at the very top.

The Favourites group.
The pinned command with a filled star. Ctrl+D again unpins it.

In the Tools tab, the Palette favourites card shows your own favourites, team favourites and recently used commands; you can pin and unpin there, too. Favourites from team packages appear with from Team and carry the Team badge; those set by your administrator (Admin) cannot be unpinned.

Keys in the palette

Key	Effect
`↑` `↓`	Select.
`Enter`	Run; when asked, a second time to confirm.
`Ctrl`+`D`	Pin or unpin.
`Esc`	Close or cancel the confirmation – without running anything.

The palette only processes real key presses and passes no keys to the app. Change the Alt+Shift+K shortcut under chrome://extensions/shortcuts (Edge: edge://extensions/shortcuts).

Typical problems

Problem	Solution
`Alt`+`Shift`+`K` does nothing	The shortcut is taken or not set (“No shortcut set” in the Tools tab). Assign it again under `chrome://extensions/shortcuts`, or start via Open in the Tools tab.
The palette needs a connected UI5 app in the tab.	The palette runs on detected UI5 pages only. Wait until the panel says Connected.
A command is grey	It is not available on this page or locked on PROD; the hint next to it says why.
Open side panel does not work	The browser requires a direct click for it. Open it via the extension icon then; the palette points this out.

Command palette

Open the palette

Run a command

The commands

Favourites and recently used

Keys in the palette

Typical problems

See also

Sources on this page

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