Show command palette more as a search bar off the bat

[franknoirot]

The appearance of the command palette and its entry point have always been tricky and problematic. It acts as a search bar, but its hint in the UI is a button that reads "Commands". Its hint button appears over in the top-right, but the command palette opens in the top-center.

As a small step toward reconciling these issues, try presenting the UI hint button as a search bar or search-related button more immediately. Here are examples from:

GitHub

Shows a search bar joined with a little command icon button on its right end. Clicking the search bar opens a large top-center search UI, clicking the command icon opens their new command palette UI which has a more distinct overlay and boasts commands as well as their former search functionality/

VS Code

Shows a bit fake search bar at the top-center that opens their real command palette search UX on click

Onshape

Shows a "Search tools" search bar over in the top-right, in the same strip as the rest of their toolbar tools. This opens an in-situ search results list, which does not feel like a command palette as much as docs search.

Note: Figma does not show a UI hint of their command palette