Overview

Live Commands offer the ability for developers to programmatically add custom functionality to their IDE with little effort. Including custom keyboard shortcuts, actions, dialogs, notifications, inlays, and more. Thereby giving developers a powerful way to tailor their IDE to the specific needs of their team and personal preferences.

Live Command Palette

The Live Command Palette (LCP) is a programmable contextual command prompt, included in the JetBrains Plugin, that allows developers to control and query live applications from their IDE. Opened via keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+S), the LCP allows developers to easily view metrics relevant to the source code they're currently viewing.

UI Overview

Bundled Commands

The following commands are pre-defined in the Live Command Palette:

• General
  • New Command
• Live Instrument
  • Add Breakpoint
  • Add Log
  • Add Meter
  • Add Span
  • Clear Instruments
• Live View
  • View Activity
  • View Logs
  • View Traces

Adding new commands is accomplished by adding files to the .spp\commands directory in the project root. You can use the new-command command to create a new command template. For more information, see the New Command command.

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Last update: October 4, 2022