Blog: A Smarter Command Palette — Quick Actions, Correct Icons & Every Destination at Your Fingertips

A Smarter Command Palette — Quick Actions, Correct Icons & Every Destination at Your Fingertips

Release v1.0.54 · Command Palette Overhaul

If you've been using Cmd+K (or Ctrl+K on Windows/Linux) to navigate the platform, you may have noticed two things: there weren't many destinations to choose from, and every single item showed a House icon regardless of what it actually linked to. Both of those problems are fixed in v1.0.54 — and we've gone further, turning the command palette into a genuine productivity tool.

What Was Wrong

The original palette listed just five navigation items. Worse, every item inherited the same Home icon, making the list visually identical from top to bottom. A landlord looking for Transactions or Properties had to read the label rather than scan by icon — defeating much of the speed benefit that a command palette is supposed to provide.

Beyond the cosmetic issue, the palette was missing entire sections of the app: HMRC submissions, Bank reconciliation, Letting Agents, Quarterly Summaries, Team management, and Settings sub-tabs were all absent.

What's Fixed

Correct Icons, Every Time

Each navigation entry now uses a purpose-specific icon that matches what the rest of the UI already shows:

Destination	Icon
Properties	`Building2`
Transactions	`ReceiptText`
HMRC	(HMRC-specific icon)
Bank	(Bank-specific icon)
Quarterly Summaries	(Calendar/summary icon)
Team	(Team-specific icon)

The Home icon is now used only for the Dashboard — as it should be.

Every Destination, One Keystroke Away

The full navigation surface of the app is now represented in the palette. Whether you need to jump to Letting Agents, check Quarterly Summaries, or dive into Settings, you can get there by opening the palette and typing a few characters.

A New Actions Group — Stop Navigating, Start Doing

This is the most significant change. Navigation tells you where to go; actions let you get things done. The new Actions group adds the following entries:

Sync letting agent data — triggers a fresh pull of transaction records from the AgentOS API without needing to visit the Letting Agents page first.
Compute quarter — kicks off a quarterly summary calculation immediately.
Add property — opens the add-property workflow directly from wherever you are in the app.
Export transactions — starts a transaction export without navigating away from your current view.

Type sync, compute, add, or export in the palette and the matching action appears instantly.

Coming Soon: Recent Pages

We're also working on a Recent Pages section that will surface the last three pages you visited at the top of the palette. This means returning to a frequently-used page will often require no typing at all — just open the palette and pick from your history.

How to Use It

Press Cmd+K (macOS) or Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux) from anywhere in the app.
Start typing a destination name (e.g. prop, hmrc, quart) or an action keyword (e.g. sync, add, export).
Use the arrow keys to highlight an entry, then press Enter to navigate or trigger the action.
Press Escape to dismiss the palette.

No mouse required.

This release updates src/components/command-palette.tsx. If you encounter any palette entries that still show incorrect icons or destinations that appear to be missing, please report them via the in-app feedback tool.