feature request for k9s feature parity: <w> for Warp To Namespace

[shadow1runner]

Consider the following example in K9s:

• you are on deploy all or wk all etc., basically any kind of resources available in all namespaces
• you (via search etc.) drill down to your target resource
• now in k9s, you can press w for warping to the namespace, basically you set your namespace scope from all (or whatever filter expression you had previously) to the one of the current resource; sofka does not have this feature just yet, but would be a nice, small addition

Thanks!

[shadow1runner]

PS: @nklmilojevic I don't know if your ultimate goal is to provide feature parity with k9s, especially with those little details like this one; if you prefer I can stop opening such discussions, or collect a number of little features I notice I'm missing and open them all in a single, big discussion? Thanks!

[nklmilojevic]

hey @shadow1runner! I do not mind you opening the discussions at all. My goal was to provide a k9s alternative that is faster, and maybe updated faster. If a feature has enough interest, I will always consider implementing it, but sometimes it won't make sense to me, but that shouldn't discourage you from opening discussions. :) And especially if there is a bug in sofka, that goes without saying!

[TomerKarniol]

+1 from me. I often filter across all namespaces, find the resource I want, and then have to open the namespace switcher with n to scope down to its namespace. A one-key shortcut would save those steps.

One detail: w is already bound in sofka's table views (it toggles the wide columns), so this would need a different key. I'm happy to follow whichever key you prefer.

Here is the scope I'd propose:

• The key sets the namespace scope to the selected row's namespace, through the same path the namespace switcher uses.
• The current resource view and filter stay as they are, so I stay on the same list.
• On a cluster-scoped row there is no namespace, so it does nothing and shows a short message.

If you're happy with that scope, I'd like to implement it myself. I'll wait for your OK first, as the contributing guide asks.

[nklmilojevic]

Good news - this already exists! W switches to the selected row's namespace and keeps the resource kind: https://github.com/nklmilojevic/sofka/blob/main/docs/keys.md (table views).

@TomerKarniol thanks for the scope and the offer to build it - W does exactly what you described. It keeps the current view and filter, records view history so [ takes you back, and on a cluster-scoped row it just shows "resource has no namespace". It's W and not w, since w toggles wide columns as you noticed.

Closing this one, if anything about W doesn't behave the way you expect, open an issue :)