Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
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Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
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Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
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2026-02-10 21:44:38 -08:00
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
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2026-02-10 21:44:38 -08:00
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
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Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
name/value pairs.
2026-02-10 21:44:38 -08:00
Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a
type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support
text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture.
Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
mimetype set.
2026-02-10 21:44:38 -08:00
The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the
ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
2026-02-10 21:44:38 -08:00
Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format
that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
read any of the formats listed below.
2026-02-10 21:44:38 -08:00
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
2026-02-10 21:44:38 -08:00
value : The object must be serialized with
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
: System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
: and then encoded with base64 encoding.
2026-02-10 21:44:38 -08:00
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
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2026-02-10 21:44:38 -08:00
value : The object must be serialized with
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
: System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
: and then encoded with base64 encoding.
mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
2026-02-10 21:44:38 -08:00
value : The object must be serialized into a byte array
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
2025-03-19 03:39:57 -05:00
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</xsd:complexType>
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<xsd:complexType>
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</xsd:sequence>
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</xsd:complexType>
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<value>Command Palette</value>
<comment>{Locked=qps-ploc,qps-ploca,qps-plocm}</comment>
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<value>Command Palette Canary</value>
<comment>{Locked=qps-ploc,qps-ploca,qps-plocm}</comment>
</data>
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<value>Command Palette Preview</value>
<comment>{Locked=qps-ploc,qps-ploca,qps-plocm}</comment>
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<value>Windows Command Palette</value>
<comment>{Locked=qps-ploc,qps-ploca,qps-plocm}</comment>
</data>
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<value>Windows Command Palette Dev</value>
<comment>{Locked} The dev build will never be seen in multiple languages</comment>
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<value>Windows Command Palette Canary</value>
<comment>{Locked=qps-ploc,qps-ploca,qps-plocm}. "Canary" in this context means an unstable or nightly build of a software product, not the bird.</comment>
</data>
<data name="AppStoreNamePre" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Windows Command Palette Preview</value>
<comment>{Locked=qps-ploc,qps-ploca,qps-plocm}</comment>
</data>
<data name="AppShortName" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Command Palette</value>
<comment>{Locked=qps-ploc,qps-ploca,qps-plocm}</comment>
</data>
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<comment>{Locked} The dev build will never be seen in multiple languages</comment>
</data>
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<value>Command Palette Canary</value>
<comment>{Locked=qps-ploc,qps-ploca,qps-plocm}</comment>
</data>
<data name="AppShortNamePre" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Command Palette Preview</value>
<comment>{Locked=qps-ploc,qps-ploca,qps-plocm}</comment>
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<value>The Windows Command Palette</value>
</data>
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<value>A dev build of the Command Palette</value>
<comment>{Locked} The dev build will never be seen in multiple languages</comment>
</data>
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<value>The Windows Command Palette (Canary build)</value>
<comment>{Locked}</comment>
</data>
<data name="AppDescriptionPre" xml:space="preserve">
<value>The Windows Command Palette (Preview build)</value>
</data>
<data name="StartupTaskName" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Command Palette</value>
<comment>{Locked=qps-ploc,qps-ploca,qps-plocm}</comment>
</data>
<data name="StartupTaskNameDev" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Command Palette Dev</value>
<comment>{Locked} The dev build will never be seen in multiple languages</comment>
</data>
<data name="Activation_Shortcut_Cancel" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Cancel</value>
</data>
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<value>Press a combination of keys to change this shortcut</value>
</data>
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<value>Press a combination of keys to change this shortcut.
Right-click to remove the key combination, thereby deactivating the shortcut.</value>
</data>
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<value>Reset</value>
</data>
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<value>Save</value>
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<value>Activation shortcut</value>
</data>
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<value>Only shortcuts that start with **Windows key**, **Ctrl**, **Alt** or **Shift** are valid.</value>
<comment>The ** sequences are used for text formatting of the key names. Don't remove them on translation.</comment>
</data>
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<value>Possible shortcut interference with Alt Gr</value>
<comment>Alt Gr refers to the right alt key on some international keyboards</comment>
</data>
<data name="WarningShortcutAltGr.ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Shortcuts with **Ctrl** and **Alt** may remove functionality from some international keyboards, because **Ctrl** + **Alt** = **Alt Gr** in those keyboards.</value>
<comment>The ** sequences are used for text formatting of the key names. Don't remove them on translation.</comment>
</data>
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<value>Command Palette settings</value>
<comment>A section header for app-wide settings. "Command Palette" is the name of the app.</comment>
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<comment>Displayed on a toggle controlling the extension's enabled / disabled state</comment>
</data>
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
----
This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
-----
TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
---------
Co-authored-by: joadoumie <98557455+joadoumie@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jordi Adoumie <jordiadoumie@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <zadjii@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Michael Hawker <24302614+michael-hawker@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Markovic <57057282+stefansjfw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Seraphima <zykovas91@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jaime Bernardo <jaime@janeasystems.com>
Co-authored-by: Kristen Schau <47155823+krschau@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Johnson <ericjohnson327@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ethan Fang <ethanfang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Clint Rutkas <clint@rutkas.com>
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<data name="SettingsWindowTitle" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Command Palette Settings</value>
<comment>The title of the settings window for the app</comment>
</data>
<data name="ToastWindowTitle" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Command Palette Toast</value>
<comment>The title of the toast window for the command palette</comment>
</data>
<data name="DefaultSearchPlaceholderText" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Type here to search...</value>
</data>
<data name="Run_PositionHeader.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Preferred monitor position</value>
<comment>as in Show Command Palette on primary monitor</comment>
</data>
<data name="Run_PositionHeader.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>If multiple monitors are in use, Command Palette can be launched on the desired monitor</value>
<comment>as in Show Command Palette on primary monitor</comment>
</data>
<data name="Run_Radio_Position_Cursor.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Monitor with mouse cursor</value>
</data>
<data name="Run_Radio_Position_Focus.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Monitor with focused window</value>
</data>
<data name="Run_Radio_Position_Primary_Monitor.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Primary monitor</value>
</data>
<data name="Run_Radio_Position_In_Place.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Don't move</value>
</data>
<data name="ConfirmationDialog_ConfirmButtonText" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Confirm</value>
</data>
<data name="ConfirmationDialog_CancelButtonText" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Cancel</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_GlobalHotkey_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Global hotkey</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_GlobalHotkey_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Directly open Command Palette to this command.</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_Alias_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Alias</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_Alias_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>A short keyword used to navigate to this command.</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_Alias_SettingsCard.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Alias</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_AliasActivation_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Alias activation</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_AliasActivation_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Choose when the alias runs. Direct runs as soon as you type the alias. Indirect runs after a trailing space.</value>
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</data>
<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_Builtin_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Built-in</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_Builtin_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>These commands are built-in to the Windows Command Palette.</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_ActivationKey_SettingsExpander.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Activation key</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_ActivationKey_SettingsExpander.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>This key will open the Command Palette.</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_LowLevelHook_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Use low-level keyboard hook</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_LowLevelHook_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Try this if there are issues with the shortcut (Command Palette might not get focus when triggered from an elevated window)</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_IgnoreShortcutWhenFullscreen_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Ignore shortcut in fullscreen mode</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_IgnoreShortcutWhenFullscreen_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Preventing disruption of the program running in fullscreen by unintentional activation of shortcut</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_HighlightSearch_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Highlight search on activate</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_HighlightSearch_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Selects the previous search text at launch</value>
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</data>
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<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_KeepPreviousQuery_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Keep previous query</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_KeepPreviousQuery_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Preserves the last search text when Command Palette is reopened</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_ShowAppDetails_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Show app details</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_ShowAppDetails_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Controls if app details are automatically expanded or not.</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackspaceGoesBack_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Backspace goes back</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackspaceGoesBack_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>If the search field is empty, backspace returns to the previous page</value>
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</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_SingleClickActivation_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Single-click activation</value>
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</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_SingleClickActivation_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Choose how to interact with list items: single-click to activate, or single-click to select and double-click to activate</value>
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</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_About_SettingsExpander.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Windows Command Palette</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_About_SettingsExpander.Description" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>© 2026. All rights reserved.</value>
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</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_About_GithubLink_Hyperlink.Content" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>View GitHub repository</value>
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</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_About_SDKDocs_Hyperlink.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Extension SDK docs</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_SendFeedback_Hyperlink.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Send feedback</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_NavigationViewItem_General.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>General</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_NavigationViewItem_Extensions.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Extensions</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_NavigationViewItem_Dock.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Dock (Preview)</value>
</data>
2025-03-24 11:13:19 +01:00
<data name="SettingsButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Open Command Palette settings, shortcut Control plus comma</value>
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</data>
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<data name="ActivationSettingsHeader.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Activation</value>
</data>
<data name="BehaviorSettingsHeader.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Behavior</value>
</data>
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<data name="DockAppearanceSettingsHeader.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Appearance</value>
</data>
<data name="DockBandsSettingsHeader.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Bands</value>
</data>
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<data name="ContextFilterBox.PlaceholderText" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Search commands...</value>
</data>
2025-04-10 23:44:54 +02:00
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_ShowSystemTrayIcon_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Show system tray icon</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_ShowSystemTrayIcon_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Choose if Command Palette is visible in the system tray</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_DisableAnimations_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Disable animations</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_DisableAnimations_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Disable animations when switching between pages</value>
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</data>
2026-03-06 22:27:23 +01:00
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_EnableDock_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Enable Dock</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_EnableDock_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Enable a toolbar with quick access to commands</value>
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</data>
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<data name="BackButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Back</value>
</data>
<data name="BackButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Back (Alt + Left arrow)</value>
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</data>
<data name="MoreCommandsButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>More</value>
</data>
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<data name="Run_Radio_Position_LastPosition.Content" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Last position</value>
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<comment>Reopen the window where it was last closed</comment>
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</data>
<data name="TrayMenu_Settings" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Settings</value>
</data>
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<data name="TrayMenu_Close" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Close</value>
<comment>Close as a verb, as in Close the application</comment>
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</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_Alias_DirectComboBox.Content" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Direct</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_Alias_InDirectComboBox.Content" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Indirect</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_Alias_PlaceholderText.PlaceholderText" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Enter alias</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionPage_Alias_PlaceholderText.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Alias</value>
</data>
CmdPal: Replace Tapped events with generic ones (#40640)
## Summary of the Pull Request
Click event on WinUI buttons handle more than just click and is more
versatile that Tapped event. When you tap a Button with a finger or
stylus, or press a left mouse button while the pointer is over it, the
button raises the Click event. If a button has keyboard focus, pressing
the Enter key or the Spacebar key also raises the Click event.
This PR also replaces the right-tapped event on items on the list page
with context menu handling, allowing other input gestures (such as
Shift+F10) to also display the context menu.
And finally, it adds a button to the status messages badge so that the
flyout can be opened using the keyboard.
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## PR Checklist
- [x] **Closes:** #40616
- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx
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## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
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## Validation Steps Performed
Tested on desktop with keyboard and mouse (no cats), and SB2 with touch
and pen. Input gestures seem to work as intended.
---------
Co-authored-by: Mike Griese <migrie@microsoft.com>
2025-07-29 11:58:39 +02:00
<data name="StatusMessagesButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Show status messages</value>
</data>
<data name="StatusMessagesButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Show status messages</value>
</data>
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<data name="NavigationPaneClosed" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Navigation pane closed</value>
</data>
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<data name="NavigationPaneOpened" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Navigation page opened</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AllowExternalReload_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Enable external reload</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AllowExternalReload_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Trigger reload of the extension externally with the x-cmdpal://reload command</value>
</data>
<data name="ForDevelopersSettingsHeader.Text" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>For developers</value>
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</data>
CmdPal: Hide search box on content pages [experiment] (#41479)
## Summary of the Pull Request
CmdPal now displays the search box only on pages that derive from
ListPage. On ContentPage (forms, etc.), the search box is hidden.
- Moves keyboard shortcut handling from SearchBox to ShellPage so
shortcuts are always handled.
- Keeps the search box hidden/disabled to preserve layout metrics.
- Refines focus management to prevent focus jumps during navigation.
- For ContentPage page's content gains focus automatically (not just
form inputs, but now markdown content as well - so you can scroll
immediately, for example).
- Adds accessibility (a11y) tweaks: when navigating to content pages
without a visible search box, sets an explicit focus target so screen
readers announce a meaningful element. Screen reader will now announce
navigation to the page.
- Adds a title to the main list page - "Home".
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f60d0826-df1f-468e-8e41-0266cd27878b
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## PR Checklist
- [x] Closes: #38967
- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx
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or any additional comments/features here -->
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## Validation Steps Performed
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<data name="UntitledPageTitle" xml:space="preserve">
<value>an untitled</value>
</data>
<data name="ScreenReader_Announcement_NavigatedToPage0" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Navigated to {0} page</value>
</data>
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<data name="SettingsButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Settings (Ctrl+,)</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_NoResults_Primary.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>No extensions found</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_NoResults_Secondary.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Try a different search term</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_More_Button.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
<value>More options</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_More_Reload_MenuFlyoutItem.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Reload extensions</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_Reloading_Text.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Reloading extensions..</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_Banner_Header.Text" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Discover more extensions</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_Banner_Description.Text" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Find more extensions on the Microsoft Store or WinGet.</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_Banner_Hyperlink.Content" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Learn how to create your own extensions</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_FindExtensions_MicrosoftStore.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Find extensions on the Microsoft Store</value>
</data>
2025-11-06 18:32:56 +01:00
<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_FindExtensions_MicrosoftStore.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Microsoft Store</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_FindExtensions_WinGet.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
2025-10-28 20:36:42 +01:00
<value>Find extensions on WinGet</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_FindExtensions_WinGet.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Microsoft Store</value>
</data>
2025-11-06 18:32:56 +01:00
<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_SearchBox_Placeholder.PlaceholderText" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Search extensions</value>
</data>
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<data name="GlobalErrorHandler_CrashMessageBox_Message" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Command Palette has encountered a fatal error and must close.</value>
</data>
<data name="GlobalErrorHandler_CrashMessageBox_Caption" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Command Palette - Fatal error</value>
</data>
2025-11-27 16:24:47 +01:00
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_Never.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Never</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_Immediately.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Immediately</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After10Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>10 seconds</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After20Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>20 seconds</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After30Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>30 seconds</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After60Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>60 seconds</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After90Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>90 seconds</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After120Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>2 minutes</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_Item_After180Seconds.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>3 minutes</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Automatically return home</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AutoGoHome_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Automatically returns to home page after a period of inactivity when Command Palette is closed</value>
</data>
CmdPal: Light, dark, pink, and unicorns (#43505)
<!-- Enter a brief description/summary of your PR here. What does it
fix/what does it change/how was it tested (even manually, if necessary)?
-->
## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR introduces user settings for app mode themes (dark, light, or
system) and background customization options, including custom colors,
system accent colors, or custom images.
- Adds a new page to the Settings window with new appearance settings
and moves some existing settings there as well.
- Introduces a new core-level service abstraction, `IThemeService`, that
holds the state for the current theme.
- Uses the helper class `ResourceSwapper` to update application-level
XAML resources. The way WinUI / XAML handles these is painful, and XAML
Hot Reload is pain². Initialization must be lazy, as XAML resources can
only be accessed after the window is activated.
- `ThemeService` takes app and system settings and selects one of the
registered `IThemeProvider`s to calculate visuals and choose the
appropriate XAML resources.
- At the moment, there are two:
- `NormalThemeProvider`
- Provides the current uncolorized light and dark styles
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Normal.xaml`
- `ColorfulThemeProvider`
- Style that matches the Windows 11 visual style (based on the Start
menu) and colors
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Colorful.xaml`
- Applied when the background is colorized or a background image is
selected
- The app theme is applied only on the main window
(`WindowThemeSynchronizer` helper class can be used to synchronize other
windows if needed).
- Adds a new dependency on `Microsoft.Graphics.Win2D`.
- Adds a custom color picker popup; the one from the Community Toolkit
occasionally loses the selected color.
- Flyby: separates the keyword tag and localizable label for pages in
the Settings window navigation.
## Pictures? Pictures!
<img width="2027" height="1276" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e3485c71-7faa-495b-b455-b313ea6046ee"
/>
<img width="3776" height="2025" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/820fa823-34d4-426d-b066-b1049dc3266f"
/>
Matching Windows accent color and tint:
<img width="3840" height="2160" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/65f3b608-e282-4894-b7c8-e014a194f11f"
/>
<!-- Please review the items on the PR checklist before submitting-->
## PR Checklist
- [x] Closes: #38444
- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx
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or any additional comments/features here -->
## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
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wherever possible, but list manual validation steps taken as well -->
## Validation Steps Performed
---------
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
2025-12-10 01:56:03 +01:00
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_NavigationViewItem_Appearance.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Personalization</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AppTheme_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>App theme mode</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AppTheme_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Select which app theme to display</value>
</data>
<data name="AppearanceSettingsHeader.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Appearance</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AppTheme_Mode_System.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Use system settings</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AppTheme_Mode_Light.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Light</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AppTheme_Mode_Dark.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Dark</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundTint_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Color tint</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundTintIntensity_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Color intensity</value>
</data>
2026-02-09 20:42:01 +01:00
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_ImageTintIntensity_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Color intensity</value>
</data>
CmdPal: Light, dark, pink, and unicorns (#43505)
<!-- Enter a brief description/summary of your PR here. What does it
fix/what does it change/how was it tested (even manually, if necessary)?
-->
## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR introduces user settings for app mode themes (dark, light, or
system) and background customization options, including custom colors,
system accent colors, or custom images.
- Adds a new page to the Settings window with new appearance settings
and moves some existing settings there as well.
- Introduces a new core-level service abstraction, `IThemeService`, that
holds the state for the current theme.
- Uses the helper class `ResourceSwapper` to update application-level
XAML resources. The way WinUI / XAML handles these is painful, and XAML
Hot Reload is pain². Initialization must be lazy, as XAML resources can
only be accessed after the window is activated.
- `ThemeService` takes app and system settings and selects one of the
registered `IThemeProvider`s to calculate visuals and choose the
appropriate XAML resources.
- At the moment, there are two:
- `NormalThemeProvider`
- Provides the current uncolorized light and dark styles
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Normal.xaml`
- `ColorfulThemeProvider`
- Style that matches the Windows 11 visual style (based on the Start
menu) and colors
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Colorful.xaml`
- Applied when the background is colorized or a background image is
selected
- The app theme is applied only on the main window
(`WindowThemeSynchronizer` helper class can be used to synchronize other
windows if needed).
- Adds a new dependency on `Microsoft.Graphics.Win2D`.
- Adds a custom color picker popup; the one from the Community Toolkit
occasionally loses the selected color.
- Flyby: separates the keyword tag and localizable label for pages in
the Settings window navigation.
## Pictures? Pictures!
<img width="2027" height="1276" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e3485c71-7faa-495b-b455-b313ea6046ee"
/>
<img width="3776" height="2025" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/820fa823-34d4-426d-b066-b1049dc3266f"
/>
Matching Windows accent color and tint:
<img width="3840" height="2160" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/65f3b608-e282-4894-b7c8-e014a194f11f"
/>
<!-- Please review the items on the PR checklist before submitting-->
## PR Checklist
- [x] Closes: #38444
- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx
<!-- Provide a more detailed description of the PR, other things fixed,
or any additional comments/features here -->
## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
<!-- Describe how you validated the behavior. Add automated tests
wherever possible, but list manual validation steps taken as well -->
## Validation Steps Performed
---------
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
2025-12-10 01:56:03 +01:00
<data name="OptionalColorPickerButton_UnsetTextBlock.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Choose color</value>
</data>
<data name="OptionalColorPickerButton_ResetButton.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Use default</value>
</data>
<data name="OptionalColorPickerButton_TransparentColorButton.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Use default color</value>
</data>
<data name="OptionalColorPickerButton_WindowsColorsSectionHeading.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Windows colors</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundImage_SettingsExpander.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background image</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundImageOpacity_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background image opacity</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundImageFit_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background image fit</value>
</data>
<data name="BackgroundImageFit_ComboBoxItem_Fill.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Fill</value>
</data>
<data name="BackgroundImageFit_ComboBoxItem_Fit.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Fit</value>
</data>
<data name="BackgroundImageFit_ComboBoxItem_Stretch.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Stretch</value>
</data>
2025-12-02 03:25:38 +01:00
<data name="Settings_PageTitles_GeneralPage" xml:space="preserve">
<value>General</value>
</data>
CmdPal: Light, dark, pink, and unicorns (#43505)
<!-- Enter a brief description/summary of your PR here. What does it
fix/what does it change/how was it tested (even manually, if necessary)?
-->
## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR introduces user settings for app mode themes (dark, light, or
system) and background customization options, including custom colors,
system accent colors, or custom images.
- Adds a new page to the Settings window with new appearance settings
and moves some existing settings there as well.
- Introduces a new core-level service abstraction, `IThemeService`, that
holds the state for the current theme.
- Uses the helper class `ResourceSwapper` to update application-level
XAML resources. The way WinUI / XAML handles these is painful, and XAML
Hot Reload is pain². Initialization must be lazy, as XAML resources can
only be accessed after the window is activated.
- `ThemeService` takes app and system settings and selects one of the
registered `IThemeProvider`s to calculate visuals and choose the
appropriate XAML resources.
- At the moment, there are two:
- `NormalThemeProvider`
- Provides the current uncolorized light and dark styles
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Normal.xaml`
- `ColorfulThemeProvider`
- Style that matches the Windows 11 visual style (based on the Start
menu) and colors
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Colorful.xaml`
- Applied when the background is colorized or a background image is
selected
- The app theme is applied only on the main window
(`WindowThemeSynchronizer` helper class can be used to synchronize other
windows if needed).
- Adds a new dependency on `Microsoft.Graphics.Win2D`.
- Adds a custom color picker popup; the one from the Community Toolkit
occasionally loses the selected color.
- Flyby: separates the keyword tag and localizable label for pages in
the Settings window navigation.
## Pictures? Pictures!
<img width="2027" height="1276" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e3485c71-7faa-495b-b455-b313ea6046ee"
/>
<img width="3776" height="2025" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/820fa823-34d4-426d-b066-b1049dc3266f"
/>
Matching Windows accent color and tint:
<img width="3840" height="2160" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/65f3b608-e282-4894-b7c8-e014a194f11f"
/>
<!-- Please review the items on the PR checklist before submitting-->
## PR Checklist
- [x] Closes: #38444
- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx
<!-- Provide a more detailed description of the PR, other things fixed,
or any additional comments/features here -->
## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
<!-- Describe how you validated the behavior. Add automated tests
wherever possible, but list manual validation steps taken as well -->
## Validation Steps Performed
---------
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
2025-12-10 01:56:03 +01:00
<data name="Settings_PageTitles_AppearancePage" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Personalization</value>
</data>
2025-12-02 03:25:38 +01:00
<data name="Settings_PageTitles_ExtensionsPage" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Extensions</value>
</data>
2026-02-27 07:24:23 -06:00
<data name="Settings_PageTitles_DockPage" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Dock</value>
</data>
CmdPal: Add configuration option for Escape key behavior (#43354)
## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR adds a new option to the **General** page in **Settings**:
Escape key behavior — a dropdown with the following choices:
- Clear search first, then go back
- Current behavior.
- If the search box contains text, it is cleared; otherwise goes back.
- On the home page, CmdPal is dismissed.
- Go back
- Leaves the search text intact.
- If the page is not transient, the search text reappears when
returning.
- On the home page, CmdPal is dismissed.
- Hide window and go home (Always dismiss)
- Immediately dismisses CmdPal and navigates to the home page.
- Ignores the **Go home when activated** setting.
- Search text is cleared.
- Hide window
- Just hides the window.
- Intended to be used with #43355.
This implementation preserves existing behavior, except for **Always
dismiss**, which always forces navigation to the home page.
## Pictures? Pictures!
<img width="1305" height="892" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/562e5604-1da6-4fc6-8358-5053df9c573d"
/>
<!-- Please review the items on the PR checklist before submitting-->
## PR Checklist
- [x] Closes: #38311
- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx
<!-- Provide a more detailed description of the PR, other things fixed,
or any additional comments/features here -->
## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
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wherever possible, but list manual validation steps taken as well -->
## Validation Steps Performed
2025-12-05 23:32:24 +01:00
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_EscapeKeyBehavior_Option_DismissEmptySearchOrGoBack.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Clear search first, then go back</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_EscapeKeyBehavior_Option_AlwaysGoBack.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Go back</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_EscapeKeyBehavior_Option_AlwaysDismiss.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Hide window and go home</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_EscapeKeyBehavior_Option_AlwaysHide.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Hide window</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_EscapeKeyBehavior_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Escape key behavior</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_EscapeKeyBehavior_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Choose how Escape key behaves</value>
</data>
2025-12-07 10:10:45 +01:00
<data name="SettingsButtonTextBlock.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Settings</value>
</data>
CmdPal: Light, dark, pink, and unicorns (#43505)
<!-- Enter a brief description/summary of your PR here. What does it
fix/what does it change/how was it tested (even manually, if necessary)?
-->
## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR introduces user settings for app mode themes (dark, light, or
system) and background customization options, including custom colors,
system accent colors, or custom images.
- Adds a new page to the Settings window with new appearance settings
and moves some existing settings there as well.
- Introduces a new core-level service abstraction, `IThemeService`, that
holds the state for the current theme.
- Uses the helper class `ResourceSwapper` to update application-level
XAML resources. The way WinUI / XAML handles these is painful, and XAML
Hot Reload is pain². Initialization must be lazy, as XAML resources can
only be accessed after the window is activated.
- `ThemeService` takes app and system settings and selects one of the
registered `IThemeProvider`s to calculate visuals and choose the
appropriate XAML resources.
- At the moment, there are two:
- `NormalThemeProvider`
- Provides the current uncolorized light and dark styles
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Normal.xaml`
- `ColorfulThemeProvider`
- Style that matches the Windows 11 visual style (based on the Start
menu) and colors
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Colorful.xaml`
- Applied when the background is colorized or a background image is
selected
- The app theme is applied only on the main window
(`WindowThemeSynchronizer` helper class can be used to synchronize other
windows if needed).
- Adds a new dependency on `Microsoft.Graphics.Win2D`.
- Adds a custom color picker popup; the one from the Community Toolkit
occasionally loses the selected color.
- Flyby: separates the keyword tag and localizable label for pages in
the Settings window navigation.
## Pictures? Pictures!
<img width="2027" height="1276" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e3485c71-7faa-495b-b455-b313ea6046ee"
/>
<img width="3776" height="2025" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/820fa823-34d4-426d-b066-b1049dc3266f"
/>
Matching Windows accent color and tint:
<img width="3840" height="2160" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/65f3b608-e282-4894-b7c8-e014a194f11f"
/>
<!-- Please review the items on the PR checklist before submitting-->
## PR Checklist
- [x] Closes: #38444
- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx
<!-- Provide a more detailed description of the PR, other things fixed,
or any additional comments/features here -->
## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
<!-- Describe how you validated the behavior. Add automated tests
wherever possible, but list manual validation steps taken as well -->
## Validation Steps Performed
---------
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
2025-12-10 01:56:03 +01:00
<data name="OptionalColorPickerButton_CustomColorsSectionHeading.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Custom colors</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_ColorizationMode_None.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>None</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_ColorizationMode_CustomColor.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Custom color</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_ColorizationMode_WindowsAccent.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Accent color</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_ColorizationMode_Image.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Image</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundImage_ChooseImageButton.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Browse...</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundImage_ResetImageButton.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Remove image</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundColor_SettingsExpander.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background color</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundColor_SettingsExpander.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Choose a custom background color or use the current accent color</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundImage_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background image</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_NoBackground_DescriptionTextBlock.Text" xml:space="preserve">
2026-02-09 20:42:01 +01:00
<value>No additional settings are available.</value>
CmdPal: Light, dark, pink, and unicorns (#43505)
<!-- Enter a brief description/summary of your PR here. What does it
fix/what does it change/how was it tested (even manually, if necessary)?
-->
## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR introduces user settings for app mode themes (dark, light, or
system) and background customization options, including custom colors,
system accent colors, or custom images.
- Adds a new page to the Settings window with new appearance settings
and moves some existing settings there as well.
- Introduces a new core-level service abstraction, `IThemeService`, that
holds the state for the current theme.
- Uses the helper class `ResourceSwapper` to update application-level
XAML resources. The way WinUI / XAML handles these is painful, and XAML
Hot Reload is pain². Initialization must be lazy, as XAML resources can
only be accessed after the window is activated.
- `ThemeService` takes app and system settings and selects one of the
registered `IThemeProvider`s to calculate visuals and choose the
appropriate XAML resources.
- At the moment, there are two:
- `NormalThemeProvider`
- Provides the current uncolorized light and dark styles
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Normal.xaml`
- `ColorfulThemeProvider`
- Style that matches the Windows 11 visual style (based on the Start
menu) and colors
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Colorful.xaml`
- Applied when the background is colorized or a background image is
selected
- The app theme is applied only on the main window
(`WindowThemeSynchronizer` helper class can be used to synchronize other
windows if needed).
- Adds a new dependency on `Microsoft.Graphics.Win2D`.
- Adds a custom color picker popup; the one from the Community Toolkit
occasionally loses the selected color.
- Flyby: separates the keyword tag and localizable label for pages in
the Settings window navigation.
## Pictures? Pictures!
<img width="2027" height="1276" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e3485c71-7faa-495b-b455-b313ea6046ee"
/>
<img width="3776" height="2025" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/820fa823-34d4-426d-b066-b1049dc3266f"
/>
Matching Windows accent color and tint:
<img width="3840" height="2160" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/65f3b608-e282-4894-b7c8-e014a194f11f"
/>
<!-- Please review the items on the PR checklist before submitting-->
## PR Checklist
- [x] Closes: #38444
- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx
<!-- Provide a more detailed description of the PR, other things fixed,
or any additional comments/features here -->
## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
<!-- Describe how you validated the behavior. Add automated tests
wherever possible, but list manual validation steps taken as well -->
## Validation Steps Performed
---------
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
2025-12-10 01:56:03 +01:00
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_Background_SettingsExpander.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_Background_SettingsExpander.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Choose a custom background color or image</value>
</data>
2026-02-09 20:42:01 +01:00
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_Background_NotAvailable.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Not available with Mica</value>
</data>
CmdPal: Light, dark, pink, and unicorns (#43505)
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## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR introduces user settings for app mode themes (dark, light, or
system) and background customization options, including custom colors,
system accent colors, or custom images.
- Adds a new page to the Settings window with new appearance settings
and moves some existing settings there as well.
- Introduces a new core-level service abstraction, `IThemeService`, that
holds the state for the current theme.
- Uses the helper class `ResourceSwapper` to update application-level
XAML resources. The way WinUI / XAML handles these is painful, and XAML
Hot Reload is pain². Initialization must be lazy, as XAML resources can
only be accessed after the window is activated.
- `ThemeService` takes app and system settings and selects one of the
registered `IThemeProvider`s to calculate visuals and choose the
appropriate XAML resources.
- At the moment, there are two:
- `NormalThemeProvider`
- Provides the current uncolorized light and dark styles
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Normal.xaml`
- `ColorfulThemeProvider`
- Style that matches the Windows 11 visual style (based on the Start
menu) and colors
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Colorful.xaml`
- Applied when the background is colorized or a background image is
selected
- The app theme is applied only on the main window
(`WindowThemeSynchronizer` helper class can be used to synchronize other
windows if needed).
- Adds a new dependency on `Microsoft.Graphics.Win2D`.
- Adds a custom color picker popup; the one from the Community Toolkit
occasionally loses the selected color.
- Flyby: separates the keyword tag and localizable label for pages in
the Settings window navigation.
## Pictures? Pictures!
<img width="2027" height="1276" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e3485c71-7faa-495b-b455-b313ea6046ee"
/>
<img width="3776" height="2025" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/820fa823-34d4-426d-b066-b1049dc3266f"
/>
Matching Windows accent color and tint:
<img width="3840" height="2160" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/65f3b608-e282-4894-b7c8-e014a194f11f"
/>
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## PR Checklist
- [x] Closes: #38444
- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
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- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx
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Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
2025-12-10 01:56:03 +01:00
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_WindowsAccentColor_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>System accent color</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_WindowsAccentColor_OpenWindowsColorsLinkText.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Personalization ›
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundImageBlur_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background image blur</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundImageBrightness_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background image brightness</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackgroundImage_ResetProperties_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Restore defaults</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_Background_ResetImagePropertiesButton.Content" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Reset image settings</value>
CmdPal: Light, dark, pink, and unicorns (#43505)
<!-- Enter a brief description/summary of your PR here. What does it
fix/what does it change/how was it tested (even manually, if necessary)?
-->
## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR introduces user settings for app mode themes (dark, light, or
system) and background customization options, including custom colors,
system accent colors, or custom images.
- Adds a new page to the Settings window with new appearance settings
and moves some existing settings there as well.
- Introduces a new core-level service abstraction, `IThemeService`, that
holds the state for the current theme.
- Uses the helper class `ResourceSwapper` to update application-level
XAML resources. The way WinUI / XAML handles these is painful, and XAML
Hot Reload is pain². Initialization must be lazy, as XAML resources can
only be accessed after the window is activated.
- `ThemeService` takes app and system settings and selects one of the
registered `IThemeProvider`s to calculate visuals and choose the
appropriate XAML resources.
- At the moment, there are two:
- `NormalThemeProvider`
- Provides the current uncolorized light and dark styles
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Normal.xaml`
- `ColorfulThemeProvider`
- Style that matches the Windows 11 visual style (based on the Start
menu) and colors
- `ms-appx:///Styles/Theme.Colorful.xaml`
- Applied when the background is colorized or a background image is
selected
- The app theme is applied only on the main window
(`WindowThemeSynchronizer` helper class can be used to synchronize other
windows if needed).
- Adds a new dependency on `Microsoft.Graphics.Win2D`.
- Adds a custom color picker popup; the one from the Community Toolkit
occasionally loses the selected color.
- Flyby: separates the keyword tag and localizable label for pages in
the Settings window navigation.
## Pictures? Pictures!
<img width="2027" height="1276" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e3485c71-7faa-495b-b455-b313ea6046ee"
/>
<img width="3776" height="2025" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/820fa823-34d4-426d-b066-b1049dc3266f"
/>
Matching Windows accent color and tint:
<img width="3840" height="2160" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/65f3b608-e282-4894-b7c8-e014a194f11f"
/>
<!-- Please review the items on the PR checklist before submitting-->
## PR Checklist
- [x] Closes: #38444
- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [ ] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
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on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: #xxx
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Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
2025-12-10 01:56:03 +01:00
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_WindowsAccentColor_SettingsCard_Description1.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Change the system accent in Windows Settings:</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AppTheme_Mode_Light_Automation.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Light</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AppTheme_Mode_Dark_Automation.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Dark</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_AppTheme_Mode_System_Automation.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Use system settings</value>
</data>
CmdPal: Fallback ranking and global results (#43549)
> [!IMPORTANT]
> For extension developers, this release includes a new required `string
Id` property for `FallbackCommandItem`. While your existing extensions
will continue to work, without this `Id` being set, your fallbacks will
not display and will not be rankable.
> Before this is released, you will want to prepare your extension
fallbacks.
>
> As an example, we are naming our built-in extensions as:
> - Calculator extension provider Id:
`com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.calculator`
> - Calculator extension fallback:
`com.microsoft.cmdpal.builtin.calculator.fallback`
>
> While the content of the Id isn't important, what is important is that
it is unique to your extension and fallback to avoid conflicting with
other extensions.
Now the good stuff:
## What the heck does it do!?
### The backstory
In PowerToys 0.95, we released performance improvements to Command
Palette. One of the many ways we improved its speed is by no longer
ranking fallback commands with other "top level" commands. Instead, all
fallbacks would surface at the bottom of the results and be listed in
the order they were registered with Command Palette. But this was only a
temporary solution until the work included in this pull request was
ready.
In reality, not all fallbacks were treated equally. We marked the
calculator and run fallbacks as "special." Special fallbacks **were**
ranked like top-level commands and allowed to surface to the top of the
results.
### The new "hotness"
This PR brings the power of fallback management back to the people. In
the Command Palette settings, you, dear user, can specify what order you
want fallbacks to display in at the bottom of the results. This keeps
those fallbacks unranked by Command Palette but displays them in an
order that makes sense for you. But keep in mind, these will still live
at the bottom of search results.
But alas, we have also heard your cries that you'd like _some_ fallbacks
to be ranked by Command Palette and surface to the top of the results.
So, this PR allows you to mark any fallback as "special" by choosing to
include them in the global results. Special (Global) fallbacks are
treated like "top level" commands and appear in the search result based
on their title & description.
### Screenshots/video
<img width="1005" height="611" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8ba5d861-f887-47ed-8552-ba78937322d2"
/>
<img width="1501" height="973" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9edb7675-8084-4f14-8bdc-72d7d06d500e"
/>
<img width="706" height="744" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/81ae0252-b87d-4172-a5ea-4d3102134baf"
/>
<img width="666" height="786" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/acb76acf-531d-4e60-bb44-d1edeec77dce"
/>
### GitHub issue maintenance details
Closes #38312
Closes #38288
Closes #42524
Closes #41024
Closes #40351
Closes #41696
Closes #40193
---------
Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Jiří Polášek <me@jiripolasek.com>
2025-12-22 17:08:15 -06:00
<data name="Settings_FallbacksPage_GlobalResults_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Include in the Global result</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_FallbacksPage_GlobalResults_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Show results on queries without direct activation command</value>
</data>
<data name="ManageFallbackRankAutomation.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Manage fallback order</value>
</data>
<data name="ManageFallbackRank.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Manage fallback order</value>
</data>
<data name="ManageFallbackOrderDialogDescription.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Drag items to set which fallback commands run first; commands at the top take priority.</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_More_ReorderFallbacks_MenuFlyoutItem.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Manage fallback order</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_VersionNo" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Version {0}</value>
</data>
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<data name="DockAppearance_AppTheme_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Theme mode</value>
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</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_AppTheme_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Select which theme to display</value>
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</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_Backdrop_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Material</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_Backdrop_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Select the visual material</value>
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</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_Backdrop_Mica.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Mica</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_Backdrop_Transparent.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Transparent</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_Backdrop_Acrylic.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Acrylic</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_Background_SettingsExpander.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_Background_SettingsExpander.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Choose a custom background color or image for the dock</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_ColorizationMode.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Colorization mode</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_NoBackground_DescriptionTextBlock.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>No settings</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_WindowsAccentColor_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>System accent color</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_BackgroundImage_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background image</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_BackgroundImageBrightness_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background image brightness</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_BackgroundImageBlur_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background image blur</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_BackgroundImageFit_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Background image fit</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_BackgroundTint_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Color tint</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_BackgroundTintIntensity_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Color intensity</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_BackgroundImage_ResetProperties_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Restore defaults</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackdropOpacity_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Opacity</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackdropStyle_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Material</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackdropStyle_SettingsCard.Description" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Select the visual material used for the window background</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackdropStyle_Acrylic.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Acrylic (default)</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackdropStyle_Transparent.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Transparent</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackdropStyle_Mica.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Mica</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackdropStyle_AcrylicThin.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Thin Acrylic</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_BackdropStyle_MicaAlt.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Mica Alt</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_GeneralPage_MicaBackdrop_DescriptionTextBlock.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Mica automatically adapts to your desktop wallpaper. Custom backgrounds and opacity settings are not available for this material.</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_AppearancePage_OpenCommandPaletteButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Open Command Palette</value>
<comment>Button to open the Command Palette window to preview appearance changes</comment>
</data>
<data name="Settings_AppearancePage_OpenCommandPaletteButton_Text.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Open Command Palette</value>
</data>
<data name="Settings_AppearancePage_ResetAppearanceButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Reset appearance settings</value>
<comment>Button to reset all appearance settings to their default values</comment>
</data>
<data name="Settings_AppearancePage_ResetAppearanceButton_Text.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Reset to defaults</value>
</data>
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<data name="Settings_ExtensionsPage_More_Button.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>More options</value>
</data>
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<data name="MoreCommandsButton_Label.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>More</value>
</data>
<data name="CommandBar_SecondaryButton_HotkeyCtrl.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Ctrl</value>
<comment>Key modifier</comment>
</data>
<data name="CommandBar_MoreCommandsButtonButton_HotkeyCtrl.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Ctrl</value>
<comment>Key modifier</comment>
</data>
<data name="MoreCommandsButton.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Ctrl+K</value>
</data>
<data name="CommandBar_MoreCommandsButtonButton_HotkeyCtrl2.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>K</value>
<comment>Keyboard key</comment>
</data>
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<data name="ConfigureShortcut" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Configure shortcut</value>
</data>
<data name="ConfigureShortcutText.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Assign shortcut</value>
</data>
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<data name="DockAppearance_DockPosition_SettingsCard.Header" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Position</value>
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</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_DockPosition_SettingsExpander.Description" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Choose where the Dock appears on your screen</value>
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</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_DockPosition_Left.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Left</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_DockPosition_Top.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Top</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_DockPosition_Right.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Right</value>
</data>
<data name="DockAppearance_DockPosition_Bottom.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Bottom</value>
</data>
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<data name="top_level_pin_command_name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Pin to home</value>
<comment>Command name for pinning an item to the top level list of commands</comment>
</data>
<data name="top_level_unpin_command_name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Unpin from home</value>
<comment>Command name for unpinning an item from the top level list of commands</comment>
</data>
<data name="dock_pin_command_name" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Pin to Dock</value>
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<comment>Command name for pinning an item to the dock</comment>
</data>
<data name="dock_unpin_command_name" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Unpin from Dock</value>
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<comment>Command name for unpinning an item from the dock</comment>
</data>
CmdPal: Replace FiltersDropDown ComboBox with searchable dropdown (#45747)
## Summary of the Pull Request
Replaces the ComboBox-based filter control with a DropDownButton and
Flyout containing a searchable TextBox and ListView.
- Add type-to-search: typing while button is focused opens the flyout
and filters items by name
- Designed to match appearance of the context menu
- Add keyboard navigation: `Up`/`Down `moves selection from search box,
`Enter` confirms, `Escape` clears search text (or closes if empty), `F4`
opens the dropdown
- Add `Alt+F` shortcut on ShellPage to toggle filter focus
- Style flyout to match ContextMenu (item padding, separators, search
box appearance)
- Show "No results" empty state when search matches nothing
- After confirming selection, return focus to the main search box
- Add accessibility
- Update `FilterTemplateSelector` to support both ComboBoxItem and
ListViewItem containers
- Guard against infinite loop in navigation when only separators exist
## Pictures? Moving!
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/60e232ae-8cee-4759-a9a7-d7edbf78719e
<img width="315" height="212" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b6e1a895-064c-47e1-9184-26dbb46fdf05"
/>
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- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
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for new binaries
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for new binaries and localization folder
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for new test projects
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and link it here: #xxx
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## Validation Steps Performed
2026-03-04 20:05:22 +01:00
<data name="FiltersDropDown.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Filters</value>
</data>
<data name="FiltersDropDown.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Filters (Alt+F)</value>
</data>
<data name="FiltersDropDown_DefaultText" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Filters</value>
</data>
<data name="FilterSearchBox.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Search filters</value>
</data>
<data name="FilterSearchBox.PlaceholderText" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Search filters...</value>
</data>
<data name="FilterListView.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Automation]AutomationProperties.Name" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Filter options</value>
</data>
<data name="FiltersDropDown_NoResults.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>No results</value>
</data>
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<data name="Dock_EditMode_Labels.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Labels</value>
</data>
<data name="Dock_EditMode_ShowTitles.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Show titles</value>
</data>
<data name="Dock_EditMode_ShowSubtitles.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Show subtitles</value>
</data>
<data name="Dock_EditMode_Unpin.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Unpin</value>
</data>
<data name="Dock_AddBand_NoCommandsAvailable.Text" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>All available bands are already pinned.</value>
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</data>
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<data name="Dock_Pin_Instruction.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>To pin commands, extensions or apps, use the Pin to Dock command in Command Palette.</value>
</data>
<data name="Dock_Bands_Header.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Bands</value>
</data>
<data name="Dock_AddBand_StartTooltip.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
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<value>Add band to start</value>
</data>
<data name="Dock_AddBand_CenterTooltip.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Add band to center</value>
</data>
<data name="Dock_AddBand_EndTooltip.[using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls]ToolTipService.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Add band to end</value>
</data>
<data name="Dock_EditMode_Save.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Save</value>
</data>
<data name="Dock_EditMode_Discard.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Discard</value>
</data>
<data name="CmdPal_LearnMore.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Learn more about Command Palette</value>
</data>
<data name="CmdPalDock_LearnMore.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Learn more about Command Palette Dock</value>
</data>
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<data name="SettingsPage_NewInfoBadge.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>NEW</value>
<comment>Must be all caps</comment>
</data>
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<data name="PinToDock_DialogTitle" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Pin to Dock</value>
<comment>Title for the pin to dock configuration dialog</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_PreviewHeader.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Preview</value>
<comment>Header for the preview section in the pin to dock dialog</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_SectionHeader.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Choose where to pin this command</value>
<comment>Header for the dock section selector in the pin to dock dialog</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_Start.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Start</value>
<comment>Start section option in pin to dock dialog</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_Center.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Center</value>
<comment>Center section option in pin to dock dialog</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_End.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>End</value>
<comment>End section option in pin to dock dialog</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_ShowTitle.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Show title</value>
<comment>Checkbox label to show the title of a pinned dock item</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_ShowSubtitle.Content" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Show subtitle</value>
<comment>Checkbox label to show the subtitle of a pinned dock item</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_PinButton" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Pin</value>
<comment>Button text to confirm pinning an item to the dock</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_CancelButton" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Cancel</value>
<comment>Button text to cancel pinning an item to the dock</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_Left" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Left</value>
<comment>Left section option in pin to dock dialog (horizontal dock)</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_Right" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Right</value>
<comment>Right section option in pin to dock dialog (horizontal dock)</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_Top" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Top</value>
<comment>Top section option in pin to dock dialog (vertical dock)</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_Bottom" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Bottom</value>
<comment>Bottom section option in pin to dock dialog (vertical dock)</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_CenterLabel" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Center</value>
<comment>Center section label in pin to dock dialog (code access)</comment>
</data>
<data name="PinToDock_RightLabel" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Right</value>
<comment>Right section label in pin to dock dialog (code access, horizontal end)</comment>
</data>
Add the Command Palette module (#37908)
Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
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This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes #3200, closes #3600, closes #7770, closes #34273, closes #36471, closes #20976, closes #14495
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TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
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