[Settings][Find My Mouse] Improve UX for disabled animations (#34289)

* Improve UX for disabled animations

* bump cache

.github/actions/spell-check/expect.txt

@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ dxgi
 dxgidebug
 dxgiformat
 dxguid
+easeofaccess
 ecount
 EData
 Edid
@@ -1712,6 +1713,7 @@ vih
 VIRTUALDESK
 visiblecolorformats
 Visibletrue
+visualeffects
 VKey
 vmovl
 vorrq

Directory.Build.props

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <UsePrecompiledHeaders Condition="'$(TF_BUILD)' != ''">false</UsePrecompiledHeaders>
 
     <!-- Change this to bust the cache -->
-    <MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse)' == ''">202408050737</MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse>
+    <MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse Condition="'$(MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse)' == ''">202408150737</MSBuildCacheCacheUniverse>
 
     <!--
       Visual Studio telemetry reads various ApplicationInsights.config files and other files after the project is finished, likely in a detached process.

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/Helpers/StartProcessHelper.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using Common.UI;
 
 namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers
 {
@@ -10,6 +11,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers
     {
         public const string ColorsSettings = "ms-settings:colors";
 
+        public static string AnimationsSettings => OSVersionHelper.IsWindows11()
+            ? "ms-settings:easeofaccess-visualeffects"
+            : "ms-settings:easeofaccess-display";
+
         public static void Start(string process)
         {
             Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(process) { UseShellExecute = true });

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/Views/MouseUtilsPage.xaml

@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@
                         IsClosable="False"
                         IsOpen="True"
                         Severity="Informational"
-                        Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsAnimationEnabledBySystem, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource BoolToInvertedVisibilityConverter}}" />
+                        Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsAnimationEnabledBySystem, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource BoolToInvertedVisibilityConverter}}">
+                        <InfoBar.ActionButton>
+                            <HyperlinkButton x:Uid="OpenSettings" Click="OpenAnimationsSettings_Click" />
+                        </InfoBar.ActionButton>
+                    </InfoBar>
                     <tkcontrols:SettingsExpander
                         x:Uid="MouseUtils_FindMyMouse_ExcludedApps"
                         HeaderIcon="{ui:FontIcon Glyph=&#xECE4;}"

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/SettingsXAML/Views/MouseUtilsPage.xaml.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System;
+using ManagedCommon;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Helpers;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Library;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.ViewModels;
@@ -49,5 +51,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Views
         {
             ViewModel.RefreshEnabledState();
         }
+
+        private void OpenAnimationsSettings_Click(object sender, Microsoft.UI.Xaml.RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                StartProcessHelper.Start(StartProcessHelper.AnimationsSettings);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError("Error while trying to open the animations settings", ex);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/Strings/en-us/Resources.resw

@@ -2708,8 +2708,8 @@ Right-click to remove the key combination, thereby deactivating the shortcut.</v
     <value>Time before the spotlight appears (ms)</value>
     <comment>ms = milliseconds</comment>
   </data>
-  <data name="MouseUtils_FindMyMouse_AnimationDurationMs_Disabled.Message" xml:space="preserve">
+  <data name="MouseUtils_FindMyMouse_AnimationDurationMs_Disabled.Title" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Animations are disabled by OS. See Settings &gt; Accessibility &gt; Visual effects</value>
+    <value>Animations are disabled in your system settings.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="MouseUtils_FindMyMouse_ShakingMinimumDistance.Header" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Shake minimum distance</value>
@@ -4205,4 +4205,7 @@ Activate by holding the key for the character you want to add an accent to, then
   <data name="MouseWithoutBorders_PolicyIPAddressMappingInfo_TextBoxControl.Description" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>You can not change, remove or disable these enforced rules.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="OpenSettings.Content" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Open settings</value>
+  </data>
 </root>