## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR allows user to customize a search query in Command Palette's Web
Search built-in extension. This will also solve a problem with some
browser that doesn't handle argument in form "? <query>" as it will
allow user to specify the complete URI.
- Introduces a new text box in Web Search extension settings for
specifying a custom search engine URI
- If the text box is non-empty, the provided URI is used for queries
- If left empty, the extension defaults to previous behavior, sending
queries in the format "? query"
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- [x] Closes: #43940
- [x] Closes: #42867
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## Summary of the Pull Request
This PR ensures that the list of recent searches in the Web Search
extension is updated immediately after a new item is added or when
settings controlling the number of items are changed.
- Refactors the Web Search extension history to keep it in memory after
being loaded at startup
- Adds an event to notify subscribers when the history changes
- Implements `IDisposable` to ensure that `WebSearchListPage`
unsubscribes from the event
- Moves responsibility for creating all list items to single class
(`WebSearchListPage`)
- Updated unit tests
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- [x] Closes: #40548
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- [x] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
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For WebSearch extension:
- Replaces localized string identifiers with invariant literal keys to
ensure stable and consistent setting values, avoiding issues when
switching cultures or if display strings change.
- Renames the `ShowHistory` property to `HistoryItemCount`.
- Changes the type from `string` to `int` and centralizes parsing logic
in `SettingsManager`.
- Retains backward compatibility by preserving the legacy settings key
`"ShowHistory"` in `SettingsManager`.
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- [x] Closes: #40547
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- [x] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
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- [x] Closes: #41241#41242
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already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [x] **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
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pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
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pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
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on [our docs
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and link it here: #xxx
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Co-authored-by: Yu Leng <yuleng@microsoft.com>
