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Administration Guide

Command palette

Command palette

The command palette is a keyboard shortcut menu that can be used to quickly navigate to GUI pages, run specific actions like opening the CLI console and restoring a system configuration, and running troubleshooting or debug commands like get system status and show arp table.

To navigate to a new GUI page using the command palette:
  1. Press ctrl+p (or cmd+p for Mac). The command palette is displayed with available navigation links.

  2. Enter the required destination, or browse the list for it.

  3. Click on the location to jump to the select GUI page.

To activate an action using the command palette:
  1. Press ctrl+p (or cmd+p for Mac) and then enter a >, or select the Run command tab. On supported browsers, ctrl+shift+p (or cmd+shift+p for Mac) can be used.

    The command palette is displayed with a runnable command list.

  2. Enter the command key word, or browse the list for the command.

  3. Click the result, or press Enter, to run the action.

To use the Diagnostics command palette:
  1. Press ctrl+p (or cmd+p for Mac) and then enter a /, or select the Diagnostics tab.

  2. Enter the command name, or browse the list for the command.

  3. Click the result, or press Enter, to run the command.

  4. Enter a search string in the search field to search the command output.

  5. Click Copy to clipboard to copy the output to the clipboard, or Download the file to download the output as a text file.

  6. Click Run to run the command again.

Command palette

Command palette

The command palette is a keyboard shortcut menu that can be used to quickly navigate to GUI pages, run specific actions like opening the CLI console and restoring a system configuration, and running troubleshooting or debug commands like get system status and show arp table.

To navigate to a new GUI page using the command palette:
  1. Press ctrl+p (or cmd+p for Mac). The command palette is displayed with available navigation links.

  2. Enter the required destination, or browse the list for it.

  3. Click on the location to jump to the select GUI page.

To activate an action using the command palette:
  1. Press ctrl+p (or cmd+p for Mac) and then enter a >, or select the Run command tab. On supported browsers, ctrl+shift+p (or cmd+shift+p for Mac) can be used.

    The command palette is displayed with a runnable command list.

  2. Enter the command key word, or browse the list for the command.

  3. Click the result, or press Enter, to run the action.

To use the Diagnostics command palette:
  1. Press ctrl+p (or cmd+p for Mac) and then enter a /, or select the Diagnostics tab.

  2. Enter the command name, or browse the list for the command.

  3. Click the result, or press Enter, to run the command.

  4. Enter a search string in the search field to search the command output.

  5. Click Copy to clipboard to copy the output to the clipboard, or Download the file to download the output as a text file.

  6. Click Run to run the command again.