Commands and Keyboard Shortcuts

Commands and Keyboard Shortcuts for Lenses VS Code Extension for Kafka.

Commands

Access all commands via the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P).

Command
Description

Lenses: Connect to Instance

Connect to your Lenses.io API

Lenses: Sign in with OAuth (browser)

Connect via OAuth 2.0 browser flow

Lenses: Search

Open global fuzzy search

Lenses: Switch Environment

Quick switch between environments

Lenses: Create Environment

Create a new environment

Lenses: Create Topic

Create a new Kafka topic

Lenses: Save Query

Save the current SQL query

Lenses: Compare Topic Configuration

Compare topic configs across environments

Lenses: Compare Topic Schema

Compare topic schemas across environments

Lenses: Compare Groups

Compare groups side by side

Lenses: Compare Roles

Compare roles side by side

Lenses: Refresh Health Status

Refresh health monitoring data

Lenses: Open SQL Query

Open a new SQL query editor

Lenses: Run SQL Query

Execute the current SQL query

Lenses: Sign Out

Disconnect from the Lenses instance


Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut
Action

Cmd+Shift+L

Global Search

Cmd+Shift+E

Switch Environment

Cmd+Shift+Q

Open SQL Query

Cmd+Enter

Run SQL Query (in SQL editor)


Settings

Configure the extension via VS Code Settings (Cmd+,).

General

Setting
Default
Description

lenses.apiUrl

""

Base URL for your Lenses.io API

lenses.oauthClientId

""

OAuth client ID (when dynamic registration is unavailable)

Health Monitoring

Setting
Default
Description

lenses.health.pollingInterval

30000

Health check interval (ms)

lenses.health.consumerLagWarningThreshold

10000

Consumer lag warning threshold

lenses.health.consumerLagErrorThreshold

100000

Consumer lag error threshold

lenses.health.notifications.enabled

false

Enable toast notifications for critical issues

lenses.health.notifications.errorOnly

false

Only show error notifications

lenses.health.notifications.cooldownMs

300000

Notification cooldown (5 min)

lenses.health.notifications.showInStatusBar

true

Show unread notification count in status bar

Health Checks

Setting
Default
Description

lenses.health.checks.consumerLag

true

Monitor consumer lag

lenses.health.checks.connectorStatus

true

Monitor connector status

lenses.health.checks.environmentStatus

true

Monitor environment health

SQL Queries

Setting
Default
Description

lenses.sql.liveData.maxRecords

5000

Maximum records for live data streaming (0 = no limit)

lenses.sql.liveData.rateWarningEnabled

true

Show warning when message rate is high

lenses.sql.acceptSelfSignedCerts

false

Trust self-signed TLS certificates for SQL connections

Search Index

Setting
Default
Description

lenses.search.index.enabledEntityTypes

all types

Entity types to include in search index

lenses.search.index.autoIndexOnStartup

false

Automatically start indexing when connected

lenses.search.cache.enabled

true

Persist search index between sessions

lenses.search.cache.ttlHours

24

Search index cache duration (hours)

Other

Setting
Default
Description

lenses.yaml.schemaValidation

true

YAML schema validation for provisioning files

lenses.telemetry.enabled

true

Anonymous usage telemetry (respects VS Code global setting)

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