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Jiří Polášek
4cb3359314 CmdPal: Plain text viewer and image viewer IContent (#43964)
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## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR introduces new types of IContent:  
- Plain text content – simple and straightforward, with options to
switch between UI and monospace fonts and toggle word wrap.
- It's super safe to display any random text content without having to
worry about escaping the pesky markdown.
- Image viewer content – a more polished way to display images:  
- When placed in the ContentPage, the component automatically resizes to
fit the viewport, ensuring the entire image is visible at once.
- Images can be opened in a built-in mini-viewer that lets you view,
pan, and zoom without leaving the Command Palette. (Doing this directly
on the page proved to be a UX and development headache.) Fully
keyboard-controllable, so there’s no need to take your hands off the
keys.

## Pictures? Pictures!

Plain text content:

<img width="960" height="604" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a4ec36f3-2f7f-4a2a-a646-53056c512023"
/>

Image viewer content:

<img width="939" height="605" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c87f5726-8cd0-4015-b2d9-f1457fa1ec96"
/>



https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/915cd9d2-e4e3-4baf-8df6-6a328a3592ba


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2026-03-27 18:45:41 -05:00
Jiří Polášek
943c2a1ff5 CmdPal: Harden performance monitor and enable crash recovery (#46541)
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## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR has two parts:

1. Hardens the managed paths in the Performance Monitor extension to
catch everything we can.
1. Adds crash recovery for cases where something fails in a way we
cannot handle.

## Pictures? Pictures!

<img width="1060" height="591" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ee91c610-32eb-4117-b9b8-6bbc40b9b426"
/>


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Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-03-27 18:39:26 -05:00
Michael Jolley
86115a54f6 CmdPal: Extract persistence services from SettingsModel and AppStateModel (#46312)
## Summary of the Pull Request

Extracts persistence (load/save) logic from `SettingsModel` and
`AppStateModel` into dedicated service classes, following the
single-responsibility principle. Consumers now interact with
`ISettingsService` and `IAppStateService` instead of receiving raw model
objects through DI.

**New services introduced:**
- `IPersistenceService` / `PersistenceService` — generic `Load<T>` /
`Save<T>` with AOT-compatible `JsonTypeInfo<T>`, ensures target
directory exists before writing
- `ISettingsService` / `SettingsService` — loads settings on
construction, runs migrations, exposes `Settings` property and
`SettingsChanged` event
- `IAppStateService` / `AppStateService` — loads state on construction,
exposes `State` property and `StateChanged` event

**Key changes:**
- `SettingsModel` and `AppStateModel` are now pure data models — all
file I/O, migration, and directory management removed
- Raw `SettingsModel` and `AppStateModel` removed from DI container;
consumers receive the appropriate service
- `IApplicationInfoService.ConfigDirectory` injected into services for
config path resolution (no more hardcoded `Utilities.BaseSettingsPath`)
- ~30 consumer files updated across `Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels` and
`Microsoft.CmdPal.UI` projects
- All `#pragma warning disable SA1300` suppressions removed —
convenience accessors replaced with direct `_settingsService.Settings` /
`_appStateService.State` access
- Namespace prefixes (`Services.ISettingsService`) replaced with proper
`using` directives

## PR Checklist

- [ ] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already.
- [x] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [ ] **Localization:** N/A — no end-user-facing strings changed
- [ ] **Dev docs:** N/A — internal refactor, no public API changes
- [ ] **New binaries:** N/A — no new binaries introduced

## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments

### Architecture

Services are registered as singletons in `App.xaml.cs`:
```csharp
services.AddSingleton<IPersistenceService, PersistenceService>();
services.AddSingleton<ISettingsService, SettingsService>();
services.AddSingleton<IAppStateService, AppStateService>();
```

`PersistenceService.Save<T>` writes the serialized model directly to
disk, creating the target directory if it doesn't exist. It also does
not attempt to merge existing and new settings/state. `SettingsService`
runs hotkey migrations on load and raises `SettingsChanged` after saves.
`AppStateService` always raises `StateChanged` after saves.

### Files changed (41 files, +1169/−660)

| Area | Files | What changed |
|------|-------|-------------|
| New services | `Services/IPersistenceService.cs`,
`PersistenceService.cs`, `ISettingsService.cs`, `SettingsService.cs`,
`IAppStateService.cs`, `AppStateService.cs` | New service interfaces and
implementations |
| Models | `SettingsModel.cs`, `AppStateModel.cs` | Stripped to pure
data bags |
| DI | `App.xaml.cs` | Service registration, removed raw model DI |
| ViewModels | 12 files | Constructor injection of services |
| UI | 10 files | Service injection replacing model access |
| Settings | `DockSettings.cs` | `Colors.Transparent` replaced with
struct literal to avoid WinUI3 COM dependency |
| Tests | `PersistenceServiceTests.cs`, `SettingsServiceTests.cs`,
`AppStateServiceTests.cs` | 38 unit tests covering all three services |
| Config | `.gitignore` | Added `.squad/`, `.github/agents/` exclusions
|

## Validation Steps Performed

- Built `Microsoft.CmdPal.UI` with MSBuild (x64/Debug) — exit code 0,
clean build
- Ran 38 unit tests via `vstest.console.exe` — all passing
- Verified no remaining `#pragma warning disable SA1300` blocks
- Verified no remaining `Services.` namespace prefixes

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2026-03-20 18:58:27 -05:00
Mike Griese
70bf430d9f CmdPal: Add a dock (#45824)
Add support for a "dock" window in CmdPal. The dock is a toolbar powered
by the `APPBAR` APIs. This gives you a persistent region to display
commands for quick shortcuts or glanceable widgets.

The dock can be pinned to any side of the screen.
The dock can be independently styled with any of the theming controls
cmdpal already has
The dock has three "regions" to pin to - the "start", the "center", and
the "end".
Elements on the dock are grouped as "bands", which contains a set of
"items". Each "band" is one atomic unit. For example, the Media Player
extension produces 4 items, but one _band_.
The dock has only one size (for now)
The dock will only appear on your primary display (for now)

This PR includes support for pinning arbitrary top-level commands to the
dock - however, we're planning on replacing that with a more universal
ability to pin any command to the dock or top level. (see #45191). This
is at least usable for now.

This is definitely still _even more preview_ than usual PowerToys
features, but it's more than usable. I'd love to get it out there and
start collecting feedback on where to improve next. I'll probably add a
follow-up issue for tracking the remaining bugs & nits.

closes #45201

---------

Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
2026-02-27 13:24:23 +00:00
Mike Griese
4f5837d4e9 CmdPal: Use a factory for building the context menu VMs (#45572)
_targets #45566_

doesn't actually do anything, just moves around the instantiation of
command context item VMs.

This will let use add pin/unpin commands later

related to https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/45191
related to https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/45201
2026-02-24 06:26:33 -06:00
Michael Jolley
138c66c328 CmdPal: Removing Core projects (#45693)
Functionally, no differences.

- Removed Core projects.
- Core.Common => Microsoft.CmdPal.Common
- Core.ViewModels => Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels

---------

Co-authored-by: Jiří Polášek <me@jiripolasek.com>
2026-02-23 06:05:09 -06:00
Mike Griese
3b874a9567 CmdPal: Port the devhome perf widgets to cmdpal (#45217)
Pretty direct port of the code, to prove it works.

There's definitely some improvement to be made here, esp WRT to the
network and GPU listing - networks should all just be listed. Or at
least automatically track the active one. And GPU should aggregate a
bunch of stats.

And we can probably add the details to these list items.

But most importantly, _it works_.

re: #45201
2026-02-10 06:00:27 -06:00
Jiří Polášek
1e25d17920 CmdPal: ApplicationInfoService + fix version in the error report builder (#45374)
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR introduces a new service, ApplicationInfoService, that
encapsulates host app state and infrastructure and moves the logic for
obtaining version information there. It then uses this information to
fix an issue with incorrect version reporting for unpackaged CmdPal in
ErrorReportBuilder.

- Adds ApplicationInfoService.
- Fixes an error in ErrorReportBuilder when the app runs unpackaged.
- Adds logging of the app version and environmental info at startup.

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2026-02-09 14:00:01 -06:00
Jiří Polášek
7477b561a1 CmdPal: Add precomputed fuzzy string matching to Command Palette (#44090)
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR improves fuzzy matching in Command Palette by:
- Precomputing normalized strings to enable faster comparisons
- Reducing memory allocations during matching, effectively down to zero

It also introduces several behavioral improvements:
- Strips diacritics from the normalized search string to improve
matching across languages
- Suppresses the same-case bonus when the query consists entirely of
lowercase characters -- reflecting typical user input patterns
- Allows skipping word separators -- enabling queries like Power Point
to match PowerPoint

This implementation is currently kept internal and is used only on the
home page. For other scenarios, the `FuzzyStringMatcher` from
`Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit` is being improved instead.

`PrecomputedFuzzyMatcher` offers up to a 100× performance improvement
over the current `FuzzyStringMatcher`, and approximately 2–5× better
performance compared to the improved version.

The improvement might seem small, but it adds up and becomes quite
noticeable when filtering the entire home page—whether the user starts a
new search or changes the query non-incrementally (e.g., using
backspace).


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2026-02-09 13:37:59 -06:00
Jiří Polášek
dca532cf4b CmdPal: Icon cache (#44538)
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR implements actual cache in IconCacheService and adds some fixes
on top for free.

The good
- `IconCacheService` now caches decoded icons
- Ensures that UI thread is not starved by loading icons by limiting
number of threads that can load icons at any given time
- `IconCacheService` decodes bitmaps directly to the required size to
reduce memory usage
- `IconBox` now reacts to theme, DPI scale, and size changes immediately
- Introduced `AdaptiveCache` with time-based decay to improve icon reuse
- Updated `IconCacheProvider` and `IconCacheService` to handle multiple
icon sizes and scale-aware caching
- Added priority-based decoding in `IconCacheService` for more
responsive loading
- Extended `IconPathConverter` to support target icon sizes
- Switched hero images in `ShellPage` to use the jumbo icon cache
- Made `MainWindow` title bar logic resilient to a null `XamlRoot`
- Fixed Tag icon positioning
- Removes custom `TypedEventHandlerExtensions` in favor of
`CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Deferred`.

The bad
- Since IconData lacks a unique identity, when it includes a stream, it
relies on simple reference equality, acknowledging that it might not be
stable. We might cache some obsolete garbage because of this, but it is
fast and better than nothing at all. Yet another task for the future me.

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- [ ] Closes: 
- [ ] Closes: #38284
- [ ] Related to: #44407
- [ ] Related to: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/333
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2026-02-02 11:16:43 -06:00
Jiří Polášek
5f124cec55 CmdPal: Cache and show information for disabled command providers (#44278)
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR adds a cache of command provider information so we can show
providers even when the command provider isn’t loaded.

It also updates the description for disabled extensions on the
Extensions page to always include the extension name.

Finally, it adds a placeholder icon for cases where an extension icon
isn’t loaded. Note that this doesn’t address fully transparent icons
that some extensions may inherit from the default template.

Before:

<img width="1883" height="167" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7ccaa669-9516-4b57-9646-4e755d29d75c"
/>


After:

<img width="1873" height="190" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f29549c2-ddd5-4688-ba9c-d1abd4b523a0"
/>


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2026-01-28 21:19:25 -06:00
Jiří Polášek
8ec530c65e CmdPal: GEH per partes; part 1: error report builder, sanitizer and internals tools setting page (#44140)
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## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR adds three parts of the original big bad global error handler
(error report builder, sanitization and internal tools UI).

### Error Report Generation

- `ErrorReportBuilder`: Produces a detailed, technical report with
system context.
- Comprehensive data: OS version, architecture, culture, app version,
elevation status, etc.
- Exception analysis: Coalesces nested exception messages and HRESULT
details for clearer diagnostics.

<details><summary>Example</summary>
<pre>

This is an error report generated by Windows Command Palette.
If you are seeing this, it means something went a little sideways in the
app.
You can help us fix it by filing a report at
https://aka.ms/powerToysReportBug.

(While you’re at it, give the details below a quick skim — just to make
sure there’s nothing personal you’d prefer not to share. It’s rare, but
sometimes little surprises sneak in.)
============================================================
Summary:
  Message:               Test exception; thrown from the UI thread
  Type:                  System.NotImplementedException
  Source:                Microsoft.CmdPal.UI
  Time:                  2025-08-25 18:54:44.3854569
  HRESULT:               0x80004001 (-2147467263)
  Context:               MainThreadException

Application:
  App version:           0.0.1.0
  Is elevated:           no

Environment:
  OS version:            Microsoft Windows 10.0.26120
  OS architecture:       X64
  Runtime identifier:    win-x64
  Framework:             .NET 9.0.8
  Process architecture:  X64
  Culture:               cs-CZ
  UI culture:            en-US

Stack Trace:
at
Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Settings.InternalPage.ThrowPlainMainThreadException_Click(Object
sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
at
WinRT._EventSource_global__Microsoft_UI_Xaml_RoutedEventHandler.EventState.<GetEventInvoke>b__1_0(Object
sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
at ABI.Microsoft.UI.Xaml.RoutedEventHandler.Do_Abi_Invoke(IntPtr
thisPtr, IntPtr sender, IntPtr e)

------------------ Full Exception Details ------------------
System.NotImplementedException: Test exception; thrown from the UI
thread
at
Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Settings.InternalPage.ThrowPlainMainThreadException_Click(Object
sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
at
WinRT._EventSource_global__Microsoft_UI_Xaml_RoutedEventHandler.EventState.<GetEventInvoke>b__1_0(Object
sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
at ABI.Microsoft.UI.Xaml.RoutedEventHandler.Do_Abi_Invoke(IntPtr
thisPtr, IntPtr sender, IntPtr e)

============================================================

</pre>
</details> 

Real-world example: #41362

### PII Sanitization Framework

- `ErrorReportSanitizer`: Multi-layer sanitization pipeline for
sensitive data.
- Nine specialized rule providers:
- `PiiRuleProvider`: Personally identifiable information (emails, phone
numbers, SSNs).
- `ProfilePathAndUsernameRuleProvider`: Windows user profiles and
usernames.
- `NetworkRuleProvider`: IP addresses, MAC addresses, network
identifiers.
- `SecretKeyValueRulesProvider`: API keys, tokens, passwords in
key/value formats.
  - `FilenameMaskRuleProvider`: Sensitive file paths and extensions.
  - `UrlRuleProvider`: URLs and web addresses.
  - `TokenRuleProvider`: JWT and other auth tokens.
  - `ConnectionStringRuleProvider`: Database connection strings.
- `EnvironmentPropertiesRuleProvider`: Environment variables and system
properties.

### Internals Tools Page

A page in settings available in non-CI-builds:

<img width="1305" height="745" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3145ecfd-997f-491d-8c8a-6096634b6045"
/>


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2026-01-28 21:09:37 -06:00
Jiří Polášek
97c1de8bf6 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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Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
2025-12-09 18:56:03 -06:00
Jiří Polášek
52f2561937 CmdPal: Find app for WinGet package (#43943)
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## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR introduces a bit of dark magic to resolve the correct installed
app for a given WinGet package:

- Packaged apps: matched using their package family name.
- Everything else: matched using the product code (GUID) and heuristic
registry lookup.
- The registry rarely stores the executable path directly, so the logic
compares install locations with known apps.
  - It attempts to pick the best candidate while avoiding uninstallers.
  - It’s not science — let’s call it `#666666` magic.
- MSI API support was removed because it's too slow for this scenario.
- If no reliable match is found, the command is skipped for now. The
future plan is to redirect the user to the list of installed apps and
search by display name, but that needs some supporting infrastructure
first.
- The command order for WinGet list entries was updated: **Install /
Uninstall** is now the primary action, ensuring a stable UI since this
command is always available.


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2025-12-03 10:16:25 -06:00
Michael Jolley
06afe09973 CmdPal: New Remote Desktop built-in extension (#43090)
This PR introduces a new built-in extension for Remote Desktop users.

It allows you to view past RDP connections, save predefined connections,
and connect to any of them. Or start a new RDP connection.


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6a5041a6-5741-4df0-a305-da7166f962e1

### GitHub issue maintenance stuff

Closes #38305

---------

Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: Jiří Polášek <me@jiripolasek.com>
2025-11-29 13:07:19 -06:00
Jiří Polášek
957b653210 CmdPal: Add a micro global error handler (#41392)
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR introduces a scaled-down version of the global error handler
from #41061.

- Catches and logs virtually all unhandled exceptions.
- For UI thread exceptions, generates an additional error report:
    - One copy is saved in app's log folder for the Bug Report Tool.
- Another copy can be placed to the user’s desktop to increase
visibility and encourage report submission (disabled for now).
- Displays a message box that tells the user where to find the saved
report.

This PR is intentionally minimal and focused. The complete, more
polished solution is still planned in #41061, which should replace this
implementation in a follow-up.

<details><summary>Report example</summary>
<pre>

This is an error report generated by Windows Command Palette.
If you are seeing this message, it means the application has encountered
an unexpected issue.
You can help us fix it by filing a report at
https://aka.ms/powerToysReportBug.
============================================================
😢 An unexpected error occurred in the application.

Summary:
  Message:    NamedResource Not Found.

NamedResource Not Found.

  Type:       System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
  Source:     WinRT.Runtime
  Time:       2025-08-26 20:22:53.5752505
  HRESULT:    0x80073B17 (-2147009769)

Stack Trace:
at WinRT.ExceptionHelpers.<ThrowExceptionForHR>g__Throw|38_0(Int32 hr)
at
ABI.Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationModel.Resources.IResourceLoaderMethods.GetString(IObjectReference
_obj, String resourceId)
at
Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationModel.Resources.ResourceLoader.GetString(String
resourceId)
at Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers.ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString(String
resourceId)
at
Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Settings.SettingsWindow.AnnounceNavigationPaneStateChanged(DependencyObject
sender, DependencyProperty dp)
at
ABI.Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyPropertyChangedCallback.Do_Abi_Invoke(IntPtr
thisPtr, IntPtr sender, IntPtr dp)

------------------ Full Exception Details ------------------
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80073B17): NamedResource
Not Found.

NamedResource Not Found.

at WinRT.ExceptionHelpers.<ThrowExceptionForHR>g__Throw|38_0(Int32 hr)
at
ABI.Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationModel.Resources.IResourceLoaderMethods.GetString(IObjectReference
_obj, String resourceId)
at
Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationModel.Resources.ResourceLoader.GetString(String
resourceId)
at Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Helpers.ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString(String
resourceId)
at
Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.Settings.SettingsWindow.AnnounceNavigationPaneStateChanged(DependencyObject
sender, DependencyProperty dp)
at
ABI.Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyPropertyChangedCallback.Do_Abi_Invoke(IntPtr
thisPtr, IntPtr sender, IntPtr dp)

ℹ️ If you need further assistance, please include this information in
your support request.
ℹ️ Before sending, take a quick look to make sure it doesn't contain any
personal or sensitive information.
============================================================


</pre>
</details> 

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2025-10-31 12:35:37 -05:00
Mike Griese
87af08630a CmdPal: collection of Run Commands nits (#42092)
* Path items were being treated inconsistently
* We shouldn't re-enumerate a directory on every keystroke
* A bunch of elements had empty TextToSuggest (which makes it crazier
  that it ever worked right)


Vaguely regressed in #41956
related to #39091
2025-10-02 06:36:59 -05:00
Jiří Polášek
55f0bcc441 CmdPal: Make Bookmarks Great and Fast Again (#41961)
## Summary of the Pull Request


This PR improves recognition and classification of bookmarks, allowing
CmdPal to recognize almost anything sensible a user can throw at
it—while being forgiving of common input issues (such as unquoted spaces
in paths, etc.).

Extended classification and exploration of edge cases also revealed
limitations in the current implementation, which reloaded all bookmarks
on every change. This caused visible UI lag and could lead to issues
like unintentionally adding the same bookmark multiple times.

### tl;dr

More details below

- Introduces `BookmarkManager` (async saves, thread-safe, immutable,
unique IDs, separate persistence).
- Adds `BookmarkResolver` (classification, Shell-like path/exe
resolution, better icons).
- `BookmarkListItem` now refreshes independently; Name is optional
(Shell fallback).
- Uses Shell API for user-friendly names and paths.  
- Adds `IIconLocator`, protocol icon support, Steam custom icon,
fallback icons and improved `FaviconLoader` (handles redirects). Every
bookmark should now have icon, so we have consistent UI without gaps.
- Refactors placeholders (`IPlaceholderParser`), adds tests, restricts
names to `[a-zA-Z0-9_-]`, excludes GUIDs.
- Reorganizes structure, syncs icons/key chords with AllApps/Indexer.  
- For web and protocol bookmarks URL-encodes placeholder values
- **Performance:** avoids full reloads, improves scalability, reduces UI
lag.
- **Breaking change:** stricter placeholder rules, bookmark command ids.


<img width="786" height="1392" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/88d6617a-9f7c-47d1-bd60-80593fe414d3"
/>

<img width="786" height="1389" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8cdd3a09-73ae-439a-94ef-4e14d14c1ef3"
/>

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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1f32e230-7d32-4710-b4c5-28e202c0e37b"
/>

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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7649ce6a-3471-46f2-adc4-fb21bd4ecfed"
/>

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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0c0b1941-fe5c-474e-94e9-de3817cb5470"
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- [x] Closes: #41892
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## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments

### Changes

- **Bookmark Manager**  
  - Introduces a `BookmarkManager` class that:  
    - Holds bookmarks in memory and saves changes asynchronously.  
    - Is safe to operate from multiple threads.  
    - Uses immutable data for transport.  
    - Separates the **persistence model** from in-memory data.  
    - Assigns explicit unique IDs to bookmarks.  
- These IDs also serve as stable top-level command identifiers, enabling
aliases and shortcuts to be bound reliably.

- **Bookmark Resolver**  
- Determines the type of a bookmark (`CommandKind`: file, web link,
command, etc.).
  - Detects its target and parameters.  
- Returns a `Classification` object containing all information needed to
present the bookmark to the user (icon, primary command, context menu
actions, etc.).
- For unquoted local paths, attempts to find the *longest viable
matching path* to a file or executable, automatically handling spaces in
paths (e.g., `C:\Program Files`).
- The resolution of executables from the command line now more closely
matches **Windows Shell** behavior.
    - Users are more likely to get the correct result.  
    - Icons can be determined more reliably.  

- **Bookmark List Items**  
- Each top-level bookmark item (`BookmarkListItem`) is now responsible
for presenting itself.
  - Items refresh their state independently on load or after changes.  
  - The **Name** field is now optional.  
- If no explicit name is provided, a user-friendly fallback name is
computed automatically using the Shell API.
- Context actions are now more in line with **All Apps** and **Indexer**
built-in extensions, matching items, icons, and shortcuts (still a work
in progress).

- **Shell API Integration**  
- Uses the Shell API to provide friendly names and paths for shell or
file system items, keeping the UI aligned with the OS.

- **Protocol and Icon Support**  
  - Adds `IIconLocator` and protocol icon support.  
- Provides a custom icon for **Steam**, since Steam registers its
protocol to an executable not on the path (and the Steam protocol is
expected to be a common case).
  - Adds `FaviconLoader` for web links.  
- Can now follow redirects and retrieve the favicon even if the server
takes the request on a “sightseeing tour.”
- Provides **Fluent Segoe fallback icons** that match the bookmark
classification when no specific icon is available.

- **Refactors and Reorganization**  
  - Extracts `IPlaceholderParser` for testability and reusability.  
- Renames `Bookmarks` → `BookmarksData` to prevent naming collisions.
  - Reorganizes the structure (reducing root-level file clutter).  
  - Synchronizes icons and key chords with AllApps/Indexer.  
- Refactors placeholder parsing logic and **adds tests** to improve
reliability.

- **Misc**
- Correctly URL-encodes placeholder values in Web URL or protocol
bookmarks.

---

### Performance Improvements

- Eliminates full reloads of all bookmarks on every change.  
- Improves scalability when working with a large number of bookmarks.  
- Independent refresh of list items reduces UI lag and improves
responsiveness.
- Asynchronous persistence prevents blocking the UI thread on saves.  

---

### Breaking Changes

- **Placeholders**  
- Placeholder names are now restricted to letters (`a–z`, `A–Z`), digits
(`0–9`), uderscore (`_`), hyphen (`-`).
- GUIDs are explicitly excluded as valid placeholders to prevent
collisions with shell IDs.
- When presented to the user, placeholders are considered
case-insensitive.
- ** Bookmark Top-Level Command
- **Bookmark Top-Level Command**  
  - IDs for bookmark commands are now based on a unique identifier.  
  - This breaks existing bindings to shortcuts and aliases.  
- Newly created bindings will be stable regardless of changes to the
bookmark (name, address, or having placeholders).
  - 
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2025-10-01 16:45:01 -05:00
Mike Griese
2e0fe16128 CmdPal: Move core projects into Core/ (#41358)
Couple little things here:

* Makes `Microsoft.CmdPal.Common` a `Core` project
* Moves the `CmdPal.Core` projects into a single `Core/` directory
* Adds the `CoreLogger` which I had stashed in
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/compare/dev/migrie/40113/extension-hosts-try-2...dev/migrie/b/remove-core-managedcommon-dep
a while back
* De-duplicates a bunch of commands that were in both Apps and Common
* moves all the commands into the toolkit, instead of in the Common
project
2025-09-26 08:05:37 -05:00
Jiří Polášek
d153f3473a CmdPal: Improve error handling and logging in activation process (#41344)
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR makes passing arguments from a new instance to the existing one
more resilient:


- Fixes situations where `x-cmdpal://` links might not work as expected.
Instead of performing the intended action (e.g., `x-cmdpal://background`
or `x-cmdpal://settings`), they could incorrectly just summon the main
window.

- Refactors the `AppInstance.Activated` handler to be synchronous.  
- The handler blocks `AppInstance.RedirectActivationToAsync` in the
caller.
- If it runs asynchronously (or offloads work to another thread,
including the UI thread), the calling instance may exit too soon,
preventing the activation arguments from being read.

- Adds a timeout and ensures the semaphore is always released so the
application can exit gracefully under all conditions.

- Adjusts handling for cases where the source application exits before
passing arguments by lowering the log severity to **Warning** and
providing a clearer, more descriptive message.

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- [x] **Tests:** yop
- [x] **Localization:** no need
- [x] **Dev docs:** no need
- [x] **New binaries:** none
- [x] **Documentation updated:** nope

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Tested with x-cmdpal://settings under normal conditions, and with CmdPal
deliberately slowed down to take its sweet time handling the arguments
(so the calling instance times out).
2025-09-02 15:39:59 -05:00
Yu Leng
1eae1d9a12 [AOT] Remove rd.xml from CmdPal (#41031)
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## Summary of the Pull Request
Actually, we don't need to use rd.xml to preserve type. We can add
attribute to do the same things.

Tested in this build:
https://microsoft.visualstudio.com/Dart/_build/results?buildId=127875892&view=artifacts&pathAsName=false&type=publishedArtifacts

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Co-authored-by: Yu Leng (from Dev Box) <yuleng@microsoft.com>
2025-08-12 07:44:23 +08:00
Mike Griese
3b3df5b74f CmdPal: Add history to the new run page (#40427)
_⚠️ targets #39955_

This adds history support to the new run page.

* It'll initialize the history with the history from the run dialog, if
there is any.
* Any new commands that are run, or files/dirs that are opened will also
get added to the history
* history will persist across reboots
2025-07-23 06:51:30 -05:00
Mike Griese
6623d0a2ee CmdPal: entirely redo the Run page (#39955)
This entirely rewrites the shell page. It feels a lot more like the old
run dialog now.

* It's got icons for files & exes
* it can handle network paths
* it can handle `commands /with args...`
* it'll suggest files in that path as you type
* it handles `%environmentVariables%`
* it handles `"Paths with\spaces in them"`
* it shows you the path as a suggestion, in the text box, as you move
the selection


References:
Closes #39044
Closes #39419
Closes #38298
Closes #40311


### Remaining todo's
* [x] Remove the `GenerateAppxManifest` change, and file something to
fix that. We are still generating msix's on every build, wtf
* [x] Clean-up code
* [x] Double-check loc
* [x] Remove a bunch of debug printing that we don't need anymore
* [ ] File a separate PR for moving the file (indexer) commands into a
common project, and re-use those here
* [x] Add history support again! I totally tore that out
  * did that in #40427 
* [x] make `shell:` paths and weird URI's just work. Good test is
`x-cmdpal://settings`

### further optimizations that probably aren't blocking
* [x] Our fast up-to-date is clearly broken, but I think that's been
broken since early 0.91
* [x] If the exe doesn't change, we don't need to create a new ListItem
for it. We can just re-use the current one, and just change the args
* [ ] if the directory hasn't changed, but we typed more chars (e.g.
`c:\windows\s` -> `c:\windows\sys`), we should cache the ListItem's from
the first query, and re-use them if possible.
2025-07-22 14:47:31 -05:00
Mike Griese
cc16b61eb7 Create a Microsoft.CmdPal.Core.ViewModels project (#40560)
_targets #40504_ 

Major refactoring for #40113

This moves a large swath of the codebase to a `.Core` project. "Core"
doesn't have any explicit dependencies on "extensions", settings or the
current `MainListPage`. It's just a filterable list of stuff. This
should let us make this component a bit more reusable.

This is half of a PR. As I did this, I noticed a particular bit of code
for TopLevelVViewModels and CommandPaletteHost that was _very rough_.
Solving it in this PR would make "move everything to a new project" much
harder to review. So I'm submitting two PRs simultaneously, so we can
see the changes separately, then merge together.
2025-07-15 12:21:44 -05:00
Mike Griese
53bb471449 CmdPal: Add a viewmodel factory for pages (#40504)
_targets #40482_
ref #40113

A smaller refactor, to be sure.

This just moves the instantiation of PageViewModel objects out of the
ShellViewModel, and into its own class.

The idea being that other page types could be added, just by extending
that factory (or implementing your own), and then also handling those
new VMs in your ShellPage.xaml.cs equivalent.
2025-07-15 09:33:28 -05:00
Mike Griese
b55c4eeed3 CmdPal: Remove ShellViewModel's dependency on MainListPage (#40482)
targets #40479

Kinda mental that the viewmodel had this hard dependency.

So instead I added a service for providing the root page for the app.
Theoretically, you could add a different `IRootPageService`, and give
out
a different root page.


ref #40113
2025-07-11 06:29:39 -05:00
Mike Griese
608eb1e034 CmdPal: Pull out VM bits from ShellPage.xaml.cs (#40479)
ref #40113

Moves a lot of the "model" logic out of `ShellPage.xaml.cs` into
`ShellViewModel`.

The LARGE majority of this code is copy-paste moving code. We're now
using a couple more messages to pass navigation between the VM and the
page. And a couple new messages for passing ETW events.
2025-07-09 18:49:21 -05:00
Mike Griese
ee764d5f56 cmdpal: Re-re-enable the clipboard history (#40471)
_⚠️ targets #40445_

This time, for real

This really really re-enables the clipboard history command. With the
foreground fixes from #40445, we can properly dismiss ourself to give FG
to the next app window. This actually lets us paste correctly.


I took the liberty of localizing the strings and fixing up the icons
while I was at it.

Closes #38344
2025-07-09 15:42:46 -05:00
Yu Leng
2af8bf47f1 [cmdpal] Disable clipboard history extension (#40127)
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Currently, Flush still have some problem to use it. So, we need to
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2025-06-19 14:45:00 +08:00
Davide Giacometti
aa8cfd505a [CmdPal] Close Gracefully (#39589)
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CmdPal is leaking extensions processes as the process is immediately
killed.
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close extensions.

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- Verified that if CmdPal closes in 1.5s, extensions and process are
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https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/39209)
- Verified that if CmdPal doesn't close in 1.5s the process is killed
and extensions aren't closed (tested adding a delay in the code)
2025-06-13 19:57:40 +02:00
Davide Giacometti
309582795c [CmdPal] Add system tray menu (#39155)
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- Move all system tray related code from main window code behind to a
dedicated service
- Add system tray menu

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2025-06-05 15:29:18 -05:00
Yu Leng
dd2e7d17f9 [cmdpal] Re-enable Clipboard History extention (#39800)
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Due to some windows sdk bugs, we can not use those API in main thread.
So, create a separate thread for clipboard.

history:

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4da5a4eb-5d9d-475c-ab13-a2d585d2fffc)

success to paste to chat:

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3fef43e5-4fc5-492c-b81e-599a9746d413)

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2025-06-05 15:23:16 +08:00
Mike Griese
980ca46cdb CmdPal: URI activate, rather than using shell:AppsFolder (#39269)
* Use a URI handler for launching

this is a test

* I think we can review this

* Add a settings URI too
2025-05-07 11:30:47 +08:00
Mike Griese
d7e826d2ac Fix the WinGet missing / Admin crash (#38493)
This is a fix for a pair of related crashes. 

Basically, we'd crash on startup if we failed to initialize WinGet. This could happen in two different places:
* If WinGet wasn't installed, then we'd explode, cause obviously we can't call its APIs
* If we're running as Admin, we won't be able to instantiate it's COM server. 

Regardless of how it happens, I've defaulted us to just _not enabling the winget built-in_. That's the simplest solution here. 

As I was helpfully reminded, there's also an elevated WindowsPackageManagerFactory we could use too - though, that wouldn't solve the case of "winget isn't installed"

Closes #38460
Closes #38440 (most likely)
2025-04-08 04:22:29 -07:00
Stefan Markovic
3e9a6a1e64 [cmdpal] WIP add telemetry (#38032)
Related to https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/37908

Closes https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/520
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2025-03-20 13:36:58 -07:00
Stefan Markovic
dadd306555 Do not show CmdPal on startup (#38027)
Adds a command line arg to not show CmdPal on startup. When starting from PT Run, we won't immediately show the window. 

as noted in #37908
2025-03-20 07:48:15 -07:00
Mike Griese
f68f408be3 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>.

![cmdpal-pr-002](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5077ec04-1009-478a-92d6-0a30989d44ac)
![cmdpal-pr-003](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/63b4762a-9c19-48eb-9242-18ea48240ba0)

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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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