Feature Request: Add search/filter functionality to keybindings menu

[ProdigyRahul]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I'm frustrated when I need to find a specific keybinding in the keybindings menu (?). Currently, I have to manually scroll through the entire list of
commands to find what I'm looking for. With lazygit having so many features and keybindings, this becomes time-consuming and makes it harder to
discover features or quickly reference forgotten shortcuts.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add a search/filter functionality to the keybindings menu that allows users to:

• Start typing immediately after pressing ? to filter commands in real-time
• Search by command name, description, or the actual keybinding
• See filtered results instantly with matching text highlighted
• Clear the search with Esc to show all keybindings again
• Similar to how the / filter works in branches/files views

Describe alternatives you've considered

1. External documentation - Keeping the keybindings docs open in another window, but this breaks the workflow
2. Custom command - Could potentially create a custom command that greps through keybindings, but this wouldn't integrate well with the existing UI
3. Memorization - Just memorizing all keybindings, but this is impractical for occasional users or less common commands

Additional context

This would work similarly to:

• VSCode's Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P)
• The existing filter functionality already present in lazygit's branches view (/ to filter)
• Other TUI apps like k9s that have searchable command palettes

Example use cases:

• Type "stash" to quickly see all stash-related commands
• Type "ctrl" to see all Ctrl-based shortcuts
• Type "rebase" to discover all rebase options available

This would significantly improve discoverability and make lazygit more user-friendly, especially for users learning its extensive feature set.

[mark2185]

You can search the help menu same as the other panels, with /.

It's not the same as your request, but it's just one keypress extra.

[ProdigyRahul]

@mark2185 ohh thanks buddy.

[stefanhaller]

To expand on Luka's answer:

Start typing immediately after pressing ? to filter commands in real-time

This is not possible because typing letters triggers the bindings while in the menu. That's why you need to press / first.

Type "ctrl" to see all Ctrl-based shortcuts

Currently, filtering only works on the command names, not the bindings. The reason is that if you want to know which command is bound to e, typing e would not tell you (because there are way too many commands containing the letter "e"). In the next version we'll have an extra mode to filter keybindings, see #4821.

Can we close this?

[ProdigyRahul]

yeah i have closed it. thanks @stefanhaller