K9s: Show multiple resource types without having to switch

[kevinnoel-be]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Oftentimes I'm watching/working on multiple resource types at the same time and it's very helpful to not have to switch from one to another. This is something very like kubectl get pod,deploy,... or kubectl get-all commands allows

Describe the solution you'd like
Being able to see multiple or all resources in the same screen without having to switch between resource types like:
:pod,configmap shows all pods & configmaps in the current namespace
or
:all shows all resources in the current namespace (get-all like)

Describe alternatives you've considered
I've configured a k9s plugin which uses the kubectl get-all command:

plugin:
  get-all:
    shortCut: Ctrl-G
    confirm: false
    description: "Get All"
    scopes:
      - all
    command: sh
    background: false
    args:
      - -c
      - "kubectl get-all -n $NAMESPACE | less"

But this is missing all the k9s actions/integrations.

Additional context
N/A

[derailed]

@kevinnoel-be Thank you for this issue! Have you tried K9s XRay/Pulses view? ie :x deploy to view all deployments and related pods, cm, secrets,... Would this help? Also you can use hotkeys to quickly nav from one resource to another...

[pre]

Being able to display multiple resource types would be really useful for implementing a "panel" that'd be displayed without having to navigate.

For example the picture below: display multiple Custom Resources with their additionalPrinterColum fields (eg .status.conditions) _without navigation_ would be really useful in environments where just just want a display without interactions.

In this use case, Xray is not useful since it displays "too much" instead of "just enough to see status at a glance".

[pre]

Here is an example screenshot of a "status at a glance" window with tmux:

• on top k9s is watching a Custom Resource Application and provides an overall status at a glance.
• on bottom k9s is watching pod status.

It'd be neat to be able to provide a "monitoring mode" that could display status of multiple resources.

[kevinnoel-be]

@derailed
The Xray view is nice but I don't think it covers my use case as I have to watch other type of resources like custom resources.
I had something similar in mind as what @pre is showcasing here, being able to choose multiple resource types to watch at the same time. But I get it that this is not a trivial feature request ;)

[nyarly]

I've started looking at the GCP Workloads view, and something similar in K9s would be fabulous. Maybe this is a different feature request, though.