spotlighttui

spotlighttui is a tui inspired by macos' spotlight functionality.
using a drop down terminal like yakuake will enable you to select an action you want to run conveniently.

install via npm

npm install --global spotlighttui

keys

pressing any key in the alphabet or number would activate the search function and disabling
action selection with the left and right arrow keys.

using the left and right arrow keys (when not in search mode) or up and down keys would
change your action selection. pressing enter would run the script.

and finally, escape or control-c to leave the program.

configuration

create a config.json file in ~/.config/spotlighttui and place these following values:

• shortcuts should be an array with shortcut objects

a shortcut object has the following attributes:

• pinned determines the piority of the shortcut (pinned shortcuts get displayed first)
• name determines the label of the element when in the in the tui
• tags is a string with words that help the search of the shortcut
• foreground is a string with the color you want to use as the foreground of the element
• background is a string with the color you want to use as the background of the element
• execute is an array with lines of bash code you want the shortcut to execute

dependencies

• blessed