# Request for a command palette **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Request\ **Created:** [March 29, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851 "2025-03-29T09:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abhijiit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Abhijiit](https://community.bear.app/u/Abhijiit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/1 "2025-03-29T09:28:58Z")
I recently switched from Obsidian, which lets you command & control the entire app through a Spotlight/Raycast-style command palette. I’d like to do the same in Bear Notes. On Mac, this could be as simple as adding a command. On iOS and iPadOS, a good approach would be something like Google Chrome’s pull-to-actions menu. In Chrome [IOS and IPadOS], pulling down to refresh reveals three options: refresh, new tab, and close tab. ![Screenshot 2025-03-29 at 2.50.38 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/7/7642c0caea1bdc38f37343ee0f1d9919491d48f3.jpeg) In Bear, pulling down would default to search. Pulling down and swiping right could open the command palette, while pulling down and swiping left could be used for something else, like global search or creating a new note. ---
**Author:** ![Angel101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Angel101](https://community.bear.app/u/Angel101)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/2 "2025-03-30T04:06:24Z")
would also like to see this X ---
**Author:** ![thelinuxfraud](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/thelinuxfraud/32/6113_2.png) [@thelinuxfraud](https://community.bear.app/u/thelinuxfraud)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/3 "2025-03-31T13:20:32Z")
What’s the point though? I get it in Obsidian as you can do a lot more with the program in general but with the search feature already in Bear, would this really be necessary? Just seems a little overkill ---
**Author:** ![Abhijiit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Abhijiit](https://community.bear.app/u/Abhijiit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/4 "2025-04-02T12:56:32Z")
For me it is more about having one interface that does everything, I don’t like looking for buttons in menus. You can say just pull down and type export and it will export the note instead of having to look for the export button in the top menu. Fixed small menus also restricts the number of commands you can have or access. Bear is about simplicity, I get it. I don’t want more commands all I want is a single easy-to-repeat action to access them all. Mindless and easy execution. Using interfaces like this makes little sense for regular actions like format-bold for which you have strong muscle memory. ---
**Author:** ![Abhijiit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Abhijiit](https://community.bear.app/u/Abhijiit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/5 "2025-04-02T13:19:06Z")
If command palette does not prove to be helpful the pull-to-action menu can launch Quick open (3 finger swipe is not good for single hand use and is also not very quick) besides local search and maybe settings. For the ones who don’t want either can just use the search as they used to. The feature also barely is a clutter! ---
**Author:** ![krssno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/krssno/32/1338_2.png) [@krssno](https://community.bear.app/u/krssno)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/6 "2025-04-02T20:36:27Z")
> [@Abhijiit](#): > > I don’t want more commands all I want is a single easy-to-repeat action to access them all. Actually hotkeys offer what you are looking for ---
**Author:** ![Abhijiit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Abhijiit](https://community.bear.app/u/Abhijiit)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/7 "2025-04-03T03:41:55Z")
No not really! On iPhones or iPads you have to go search through the ellipsis menu—as before if you want to export a note click the top menu look for export which opens one more menu in which you look for your export format of choice. Instead you could just type export as HTML. On Macs bear has hotkeys. But first you need know all hotkeys; without which—for commands used once a week—you end up searching the menu bar. Instead what I do is use the search-menu-items plugin in raycast. The feature for bear isn’t a necessity, it will likely not save more than a few minutes a month but nevertheless I would like to have it. I just am used to similar actions in Raycast, obsidian and even todoist. ---
**Author:** ![crumbletop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@crumbletop](https://community.bear.app/u/crumbletop)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/8 "2025-04-11T00:26:17Z")
I think this feature sounds like bloat – code that would need to be maintained and tested with marginal utility. ---
**Author:** ![capfuji](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/capfuji/32/5805_2.png) [@capfuji](https://community.bear.app/u/capfuji)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/9 "2025-06-17T09:00:12Z")
I just read in another thread that Bear ran out of hotkeys a couple of years ago. I know that there are custom hotkeys, but I also think that a command palette would be a nice solution for this. Also, it’s not that much bloat. You can see it as a Spotlight for all menubar options. It’s an elegant way to format text and use options without using the mouse. And you don’t need to learn hotkeys… The only thing right now why I wouldn’t implement it right away is that Spotlight can search and activate menubar options in macOS Tahoe. So we sort of get a command palette anyway 😊 ---
**Author:** ![AdamRadPro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@AdamRadPro](https://community.bear.app/u/AdamRadPro)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/10 "2025-06-17T12:07:56Z")
I love command pallets. My hands are always on the keyboard and they help when you don’t remember the keyboard shortcut or if there isn’t one. Instead, you can type what you want to happen. And it finds all of the commands! I use them a lot in text editors and Craft. ---
**Author:** ![xierox](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/xierox/32/2444_2.png) [@xierox](https://community.bear.app/u/xierox)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/11 "2025-10-06T22:15:44Z")
+1 to adding a Command Palette ala Obsidian or Sublime Text or VS Code for macOS and iPadOS. I don’t see a use for this on my iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![KillerWhale](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/killerwhale/32/1337_2.png) [@KillerWhale](https://community.bear.app/u/KillerWhale)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/12 "2025-10-07T04:32:45Z")
FWIW, third party utilities already do this on macOS (Paletro) and power users can bind Keyboard Maestro conflict palettes to replicate the functionality. ---
**Author:** ![Angel101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Angel101](https://community.bear.app/u/Angel101)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/13 "2025-10-16T17:43:14Z")
+1 for this, so many great tools in bear that I can’t use as much as i like simply because i don’t want to hunt through the menu bar to find them everytime ---
**Author:** ![SpiresAwake](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/spiresawake/32/7583_2.png) [@SpiresAwake](https://community.bear.app/u/SpiresAwake)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/14 "2026-02-19T17:38:58Z")
Another +1 on this. I’m so used to having this feature in a lot of apps I use. I would **love** to also see this in Bear (also on iPad / iPhone)! ---
**Author:** ![column-role](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@column-role](https://community.bear.app/u/column-role)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/request-for-a-command-palette/15851/15 "2026-07-26T08:41:00Z")
Would love this too!