Command palette could use some love

[robdekort]

Bug description

The command palette is great in theory for quickly navigating items within the CP. But in practice I find it unreliable and it often takes more time than it would've by just clicking around in the CP.

If it's ok, I'll list some stuff I've noticed:

• Sometimes you can't keyboard navigate the results by going down, you have to go up and then it jumps to the last result.
• Results often load in slow and then active items lose focus.
• Search seems to broad. When I type in something like "Issue 1", I get all collection items called Issue (2, 3, 4, 5).
• I have a collection with similar entry titles. So when I search for Issue $collectionTitle I would've hoped the results filter. Instead doing exactly this gives me the search results from the $collectionTitle I haven't included. Which seems odd.
• Recent items often don't seem to populate with recent items
• You can't cmd+enter to open items in a new tab
• Appropriate results aren't always the first ones listed

How to reproduce

Play with the thing, especially when you've got multiple collections and entries.

Environment

Environment
Laravel Version: 13.29.0
PHP Version: 8.5.8
Composer Version: 2.10.1
Environment: local
Debug Mode: ENABLED
Maintenance Mode: OFF
Timezone: UTC
Locale: en

Cache
Config: NOT CACHED
Events: NOT CACHED
Routes: NOT CACHED
Views: CACHED

Drivers
Broadcasting: log
Cache: file
Database: sqlite
Logs: stack / single
Mail: smtp
Queue: sync
Session: file

Storage
public/storage: NOT LINKED

Statamic
Addons: 5
License Key: Set
Sites: 1
Stache Watcher: Enabled (auto)
Static Caching: Disabled
Version: 6.29.0 PRO

Statamic Addons
rias/statamic-color-swatches: 3.1.1
statamic-rad-pack/shopify: 7.8.3
studio1902/statamic-peak-commands: 11.1.0
studio1902/statamic-peak-seo: 11.9.2
studio1902/statamic-peak-tools: 9.2.0

Installation

Fresh statamic/statamic site via CLI

Additional details

No response

[robdekort]

Here's an example of how the appropriate result isn't the first:

[robdekort]

Here's an example of me searching and then the results lose focus. When I hit down on the keyboard nothing happens. I can only hit up to select the last result and go from there:

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