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Jiří Polášek
753689309e CmdPal: Fix alias UI clearing when toggling Direct/Indirect combobox (#45381) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR fixes the settings UI for the top-level command alias.



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Jiří Polášek
42a7213644 CmdPal: Supress warning CsWinRT1028 for DeleteObjectSafeHandle (#45324) 
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## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR adds a local suppression for warning CsWinRT1028: Class should
be marked partial for source generated class `DeleteObjectSafeHandle`.

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- [x] Related to: #42574
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 2026-02-03 12:12:38 -06:00
Jiří Polášek
49cc504d94 CmdPal: Improve fuzzy matcher Unicode and emoji robustness (#45275) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

Add comprehensive unit tests for emoji, ZWJ sequences, skin tone
modifiers, and UTF-16 edge cases (unpaired surrogates, combining marks,
random garbage). Update matcher logic to skip normalization of lone
surrogates, preventing errors with malformed Unicode. Expand comparison
test data to cover emoji scenarios. Adds regression guards for diacritic
handling and surrogate processing.

Fixes #45246 introduced in #44809.

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Jiří Polášek
18c6d6b0f3 CmdPal: Improve loading of application icons (uwp and jumbo icons) - part 2 (#44973) 
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## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR improves icons for app items:
- Refactors icon detection and selection from the AppX manifest out of
`UWPApplication`
- Prefer *unplated* UWP app logos so icons no longer appear smaller than
expected
- Adds an icon loader based on `IShellItemImageFactory` to correctly
load large icons
- Jumbo icons loaded from shortcuts are now crisp
- Jumbo icons loaded from shortcuts are no longer scaled down
- Refactors detail loading in `AppListItem` to prevent potential
deadlocks
- Makes PWA icons more crisp
- Fixes fallback item (now it gets used not only when the icon is null,
but also when it's empty).

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Jiří Polášek
4d1f92199c CmdPal: Make Indexer great again - part 1 - hotfix (#44729) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR introduces a rough hotfix for several indexer-related issues.

- Premise: patch what we can in-place and fix the core later (reworking
`SeachEngine` and `SearchQuery` is slightly trickier). This patch also
removes some dead code for future refactor.
- Adds search cancellation to the File Search page and the indexer
fallback.
- Prevents older searches from overwriting newer model state and reduces
wasted work.
- Stops reusing the search engine; creates a new instance per search to
avoid synchronization issues.
- That `SeachEngine` and `SearchQuery` are not multi-threading friendly.
- Removes search priming to simplify the code and improve performance.
- Since `SearchQuery` cancels and re-primes on every search, priming
provides little benefit and can hide extra work (for example,
cancellation triggering re-priming).
- Fixes the indexer fallback subject line not updating when there is
more than one match.
  - It previously kept the old value, which was confusing.
- ~Shows the number of matched files in the fallback result.~
- Fetching total number of rows was reverted, performance was not stable
:(
- Optimizes the indexer fallback by reducing the number of items
processed but not used.
- Only fetches the item(s) needed for the fallback itself—no extra work
on the hot path.
- Stops reusing the fallback result when navigating to the File Search
page to show more results. This requires querying again, but it
simplifies the flow and keeps components isolated.
- Fixes the English mnemonic keyword `kind` being hardcoded in the
search page filter. Windows Search uses localized mnemonic keyword
names, so this PR replaces it with canonical keyword `System.Kind` that
is universaly recognized.
- Adds extra diagnostics to `SearchQuery` and makes logging more
precise.
- DataPackage for the IndexerListItem now defers including of storage
items - boost performance and we avoid touching the item until its
needed.
- IndexerPage with a prepopulated query will delay loading until the
items are actually enumerated (to avoid populating from fallback hot
path) and it no longer takes external SearchEngine. It just recreates
everything.

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- [x] Related to: #44728
- [x] Closes: #44731
- [x] Closes: #44732
- [x] Closes: #44743
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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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Jiří Polášek
b5991642f8 CmdPal: Add trailing backslash to OutDir in Microsoft.Terminal.UI project file (#45250) 
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## Summary of the Pull Request

Ensures the OutDir path in Microsoft.Terminal.UI.vcxproj ends with a
backslash, making it explicit as a directory, and fixes warning MSB8004.


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Kai Tao
11b406feee Build: Fix release pipeline and local build failure (#45211) 
## Summary of the Pull Request
Release pipeline is keeping failed, and local build failed at ut.

This pull request introduces changes to improve how test projects are
handled during release builds, ensuring that test code is not compiled
or analyzed when not needed - in doing release build, to - succeed the
execution and reduce built time.

And, to upgrade from VS17 to VS18 in cmdpal sdk build, this is to keep
consistency with all other build step


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Local build & release pipeline build should all pass:

Local build:
<img width="1815" height="281" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f350cf3f-b856-432d-97f3-e392d38ef7fa"
/>

Release pipeline is working too:
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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ce58de38-f0fb-45ad-9d70-2b8eb1c4db60"
/>

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 2026-02-02 09:15:53 +08:00
Jiří Polášek
4986915dae CmdPal: Batch ViewModel property change notifications (#44545) 
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## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR introduces batching for property change notifications emitted by
Command Palette view models. It also adds a secondary notification path
that is guaranteed to execute on a background thread.

- Introduces **`BatchUpdateManager`**, which batches
`INotifyPropertyChanged` events from view models and replays them in a
coordinated way.
- Slightly reduces UI thread contention and allows related UI updates to
be applied together, reducing visual "tearing" in list items (when
title, subtitle and icon are updated separately with slight delay).
Batching won't mitigate all occurences, but its good enough and works
auto-magically.
- Adds a complementary background notification event that:
  - Is guaranteed to run on a background thread.
  - Fires before UI-thread notifications.
- Allows consumers to attach handlers without blocking COM out-of-proc
objects.

- Updates `TopLevelViewModel` to subscribe to the background property
change event instead of the UI-thread one.
- This avoids unintentionally shifting work onto the UI thread and
re-triggering expensive operations there.
- Previously, because `TopLevelViewModel` wraps another view model and
our view models raise `INPC` on the UI thread by default, its handler
was executing on the UI thread and re-raising the event as
`IListItem.PropertyChanged`, causing `FetchProperty` methods to run on
the UI thread again.
- Ideally, `TopLevelViewModel` should be reworked to address this more
cleanly, but that turned out to be a non-trivial change. This PR applies
a targeted mitigation in the meantime.








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cc2dce8816 CmdPal: replace custom fuzzy matching in Window Walker (#44807) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR replaces the custom search controller and fuzzy matching with
standard classes from the Extension SDK Toolkit.

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0de2af77ac CmdPal: Make Calculator Great Again (#44594) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR continues the tradition of alphabetical progress. After
[MBGA](#41961), we move on to **MCBA — Make Calculator Better Again!**

- Introduces limited automatic correction and completion of expressions.
- The goal is to allow uninterrupted typing and avoid disruptions when a
partially entered expression is temporarily invalid (which previously
caused the result to be replaced by an error message or hidden by the
fallback).
  - The implementation intentionally aims for a sweet spot:
    - Ignores trailing binary operators.
    - Automatically closes all opened parentheses.
- It is not exhaustive; for example, incomplete constants or functions
may still result in an invalid query.
- Copy current result to the search bar.
- Adds an option to copy the current result to the search bar when the
user types `=` at the end of the expression.
  - Adds a new menu item for the same action.
  - Fixes the **Save** command to also copy the result to the query.
- Adds support for the `factorial(x)` function and the `x!` expression.
- Factorial calculations are supported up to `170!` (limited by
`double`), but display is constrained by decimal conversion and allows
direct display of results up to `20!`.
- Adds support for the `sign(x)` function.
- Adds support for the `π` symbol as an alternative to the `pi`
constant.
- Adds a context menu item to the result list item and fallback that
displays the octal representation of the result.
- Implements beautification of the query:
- Converts technical symbols such as `*` or `/` to `×` or `÷`,
respectively.
- Not enabled for fallbacks for now, since the item text should match
the query to keep the score intact.
- Implements additional normalization of symbols in the query:
  - Percent: `％`, `%`, `﹪`
  - Minus: `−`, `-`, `–`, `—`
  - Factorial: `！`, `!`
- Multiplication: `*`, `×`, `∗`, `·`, `⋅`, `✕`, `✖`, `\u2062` (invisible
times)
  - Division: `/`, `÷`, `➗`, `:`
- Allows use of `²` and `³` as alternatives to `^2` and `^3`.
- Updates the unit test that was culture sensitive to force en-US output
(not an actual fix, but at least it clears false positive for now)
- Fixes pre-parsing of scientific notation to prevent capturing minus
sign as part of it.
- Fixes normalization/rounding of the result, so it can display small
values (the current solution turned it into a string with scientific
notation and couldn't parse it back).
- Updates test with new cases

## Pictures? Moving!

Previous behavior:


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ebcdcd85-797a-44f9-a8b1-a0f2f33c6b42

New behavior:


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5bd94663-a0d0-4d7d-8032-1030e79926c3





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4694e99477 CmdPal: Upgrade FuzzyStringMatcher in the Command Palette Extensions SDK (#44809) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR upgrades the `FuzzyStringMatcher` used in the Command Palette
Extensions SDK with a focus on performance, memory efficiency, and
improved matching behavior, while preserving compatibility with the
existing API. This PR is a backwards compatible alternative to
precomputed fuzzy matcher introduces in another PR.

The new implementation is designed as a drop-in replacement. Any
behavioral differences are intentional and primarily related to improved
diacritic handling, scoring consistency, and correctness of highlight
positions.

Changes:
- Keeps the existing public API intact and preserves behavior in nearly
all cases.
- Enables diacritics-insensitive matching by default, improving results
across accented and non-English languages.
- Significantly improves performance, with measured speedups in the
range of ~5–20 times, depending on scenario and input size.
- Reduces heap allocations to near zero by using stack allocation and
pooled buffers instead of large per-match DP arrays.
- Simplifies and optimizes matching logic:
  - Folds the haystack only once per match.
  - Uses rolling DP buffers instead of `O(query × target)` tables.
- Replaces large match tables with a compact bitset when tracking
highlight positions.
- Improves consistency and correctness:
  - Normalizes path separators (`\` → `/`) during folding.
- Avoids returning highlight positions for PinYin-only matches where no
1:1 mapping exists.
- Introduces unit tests, including comparison tests against the legacy
implementation to validate compatibility.

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64cabc8789 CmdPal: Fix window centering when moving to a display with different DPI (#45057) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR fixes centering of main window, when the window also moves
between move display with a different DPI.

- The centered position was calculated using the current window width
and height, but those values change after the window is moved to
accommodate the new display’s DPI.
- Calculations have been refactored out of main window to a helper
class.

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989e005500 CmdPal: Run shutdown and restart commands in a hidden window (#45062) 
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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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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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f82afdf384 [Dev][Build] VS 2026 Support (#44304) 
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**Build System & Configuration:**
- Updated `Cpp.Build.props` to use `v145` (VS 2026) as the default
`PlatformToolset`, with fall back to `v143` for VS 2022.
- Configured C++ Language Standard:
  - `stdcpplatest` for production projects.
- Removed explicit `<PlatformToolset>` definitions from individual
project files (approx. 37 modules) to inherit correctly from the central
`Cpp.Build.props`.

**Code Refactoring & Fixes:**
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Co-authored-by: Kai Tao (from Dev Box) <kaitao@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Gordon Lam (SH) <yeelam@microsoft.com>
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Jiří Polášek
08715a6e46 CmdPal: Allow list item context menu (#45086) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR enables pointer-invoked context menus for list items when the
list contains at least one item, including the primary item.

The command bar "More" button or Ctrl+K hotkey remain unaffected - the
menu is not accessible through those.

<img width="453" height="210" alt="image"
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13ce5db6b1 CmdPal: Add solution filter for Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys (#45096) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR adds a new solution filter (.slnf) for the
Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.PowerToys extension project and its dependencies.

This is added as a separate solution filter alongside
CommandPalette.slnf, since the extension is not directly dependent on
Command Palette. Instead, it relies on the public SDK distributed via
NuGet. It also depends on other PowerToys projects, which would
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Jiří Polášek
f0831742d6 CmdPal: Remove deadlock bait from AppListItem (#45076) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR removes a Task.Wait() call from lazy-loading AppListItem details
that could be invoked on the UI thread and lead to a deadlock.

It now follows the same pattern previously used for loading icons in the
same class, which has proven to work well.

Prevents #44938 from stepping on this landmine.

Cherry-picked from #44973.

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Jiří Polášek
395850389f CmdPal: Improve loading of application icons - part 1 (#44938) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR improves loading of application icons:

- Fixes loading of icons from internet shortcuts

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Michael Jolley
b5e9f346da [CmdPal] Fix details pane not hiding when item initialization fails (#44757) 
Fixes #44487

## Summary
Fixed issue where the details pane would display stale information when
navigating from an item with details to an item without details or where
details failed to load.

## Changes
1. **ListViewModel.cs**: Added HideDetailsMessage when SafeSlowInit()
fails to ensure previous details are cleared
2. **InstallPackageListItem.cs**: Added exception handling for WinRT
marshaling errors when accessing metadata.Documentations and
metadata.Tags collections

The fix ensures graceful degradation - if certain metadata collections
fail to load due to WinRT issues, the details pane still displays
available information rather than failing completely.
 2026-01-20 19:16:43 -06:00
Ruben Fricke
a9205781d7 [CmdPal] Remove invalid return statement from SDK spec example (#44781) 
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Fixes two syntax errors in the IFallbackHandler code example in the
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  The SpongebotPage example in initial-sdk-spec.md had two problems:

  Before:
```cs
  public void IFallbackHandler.UpdateQuery(string query) {
      // ...
      return Task.CompletedTask.AsAsyncCommand();
  }
```

  After:
```cs
  public void UpdateQuery(string query) {
      // ...
  }
```

 The fix aligns the example with actual implementations in the codebase.

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Niels Laute
113639a66c Upgrade MarkdownTextBlock (#44793) 
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This PR:

- upgrades `CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Labs.MarkdownTextBlock` to version
`0.1.260116-build.2514`. This update includes a bunch of improvements
for markdown rendering in its default config, and fixes a couple of bug
with regards to rendering large images getting clipped when resizing the
window.
- replaces an incorrect image in the `Command Palette Sample Page`
extension for the markdown + images sample.

Before vs after:

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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b3dad76c-a89e-4b47-90f8-d3c64f00615f"
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Kai Tao
e148a89288 Powertoys Extension: Trigger latest layout/monitor refresh for fancyzone in cmdpal extension (#44756) 
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Best effort trigger refresh for the monitor/layout refresh for
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correct result in next visit.

This bring better experience than the always-stale-state, while still
remain performant command.

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Validated locally that second time visit will bring correct monitor when
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 2026-01-16 10:40:32 +08:00
moooyo
f7c57b05d7 fix(cmdpal): update copyright year in resources and test assertions (#44714) 
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Co-authored-by: Yu Leng <yuleng@microsoft.com>
 2026-01-14 11:29:15 +08:00
Michael Jolley
5098809e14 Devaluing fallback ranks in global sort (#44691) 
Fixes #44630

Devaluing fallback ranks by 50% so direct matches are ranked higher.

---------

Co-authored-by: Jiří Polášek <me@jiripolasek.com>
 2026-01-14 09:52:38 +08:00
Jiří Polášek
c8da70d6fa CmdPal: Replace assembly metadata attributes with preprocessor directives (#44707) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR replaces custom metadata attributes used to pass build-time
information with preprocessor directives. It appears that metadata can
be stripped from the final build output, even though it survived AOT in
earlier tests on the main and stable branches.

New preprocesor directives in Microsoft.CmdPal.UI:
- `BUILD_INFO_PUBLISH_AOT` - when `PublishAot` MSBuild parameter is
`true`
- `BUILD_INFO_PUBLISH_TRIMMED `- when `PublishTrimmed` MSBuild parameter
is `true`
- `BUILD_INFO_CIBUILD `- when `CIBuild` MSBuild parameter is `true`

Using preprocessor directives avoids this uncertainty and provides a
more reliable solution.

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Kai Tao
febaec0741 Add icon for powertoys extension and quickaccess exe (#44674) 
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As title, inject powertoys icon to these two exe

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Add two self contained icon to the two process:
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Kai Tao
fd88fa18d4 Fancyzones: Fix a custom layout not work in fancyzone and powertoys extension (#44661) 
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1. Fix a issue that fancyzone custom layouts be able to work
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Mike Griese
7cf32bf204 cmdpal: bump to 0.8 (#44622) 
title
 2026-01-09 09:55:27 +08:00
Jiří Polášek
ae9ba62a40 CmdPal: Remove subtitle from all built-in top level commands (#44621) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR removes subtitles from all built-in top-level commands, except
for fallbacks, apps, and bookmarks.

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Jiří Polášek
d48338bad3 CmdPal: Improve readability and a11y of sections (#44556) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR improves visuals and a11y of sections:
- Changes section title color from disabled to secondary text fill.
- Removes separator line if the text is present and indents
- Changes gallery grid subtitle color from tertiary to secondary text
fill.

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Jiří Polášek
fd19168883 CmdPal: Update separator visuals in item details (#44620) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR updates separator in the details pane.

- If separator has a label
  - removes the line
  - makes top margin bigger
- keeps it based on BodyStrongTextBlockStyle to provide visual hierarchy
and anchor

- If separator has no label
  - makes line height only 1px 

<img width="399" height="810" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0ff0eb24-16f3-45a8-b23e-289809dc611d"
/>

<img width="403" height="802" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4171c954-9cd0-4622-8a95-8acd34ebe4c9"
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db9f8d555e CmdPal: Get version when running as unpacked app (#44540) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR updates how the Settings / General page retrieves version
information for unpackaged apps.
It prevents a crash by reading the version from the process executable,
with a fallback to displaying a question mark when the version cannot be
determined.

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Jiří Polášek
be90b587da CmdPal: Update Extension SDK classes to raise property change notifications only on change (#44547) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR introduces a new method  
`bool SetProperty<T>(ref T field, T value, [CallerMemberName] string?
propertyName = null)`
on `BaseObservable`.

The method updates the backing field only when the new value differs
from the current one and raises property change notifications only in
that case.

#### Summary

- Adds `SetProperty<T>` to `BaseObservable` to guard property change
notifications behind an actual value change.
- SDK API is not affected.
- Prevents unnecessary notifications from leaving the extension
boundary.
- Reduces redundant updates and saves a few round-trips between COM
objects and view models.
- Improves overall efficiency without changing observable behavior for
consumers.

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Jiří Polášek
a2cd47f36c CmdPal: Hide selection indicator (pill) from items in the context menu (#44563) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR removes the selection indicator from the list view used for the
context menu to maintain consistency with Fluent UI design guidelines.

## Pictures? Pictures!

Before:
<img width="338" height="287" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6b7cba0f-b127-4a6e-a7ee-985865f446c6"
/>


After:
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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a91b9a88-19e7-47c0-a777-8722757cd874"
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Jiří Polášek
3167145d42 CmdPal: make spacing in gallery view uniform (#44542) 
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## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR ensures the spacing between items in the gallery view is
consistent both vertically and horizontally.

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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0a2349fa-9c88-4606-82b3-94c21ad37871"
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 2026-01-08 14:29:40 +01:00
Kai Tao
b9de59ce64 Cmdpal: Peek command in indexer (#44581) 
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## Summary of the Pull Request
Add a peek command, so we could quickly view the files found by indexer

I’m aware that wiring the Peek command directly into the indexer
extension is fairly PowerToys-specific.
I’m open to suggestions if we think this should instead be handled via a
more general extension / plugin mechanism; if a broader framework is
planned, I’m happy to wait and revisit this once that structure is in
place.

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 2026-01-08 12:04:03 +08:00
fm-sys
d9709b2b91 Add non-updating mode for Crop-And-Lock (#40720) 
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## Summary of the Pull Request

Adds a "screenshot" mode to Crop And Lock, which allows creating a
window showing a freezed snapshot of the original window.


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It was asked why this feature is needed at all, because it could be done
with snipping tool and just AoT that window as well. While this is true,
PowerToys goal always was to improve and speed up workflows. Instead of
capturing the screenshot, opening it, and then apply "Crop and Lock" or
"Always on Top" on the screenshots window, this PR aims to provide this
functionality in a single step.

Example use cases:
- _when I want to compare between two situations like previous output
result and current output result._ (#31799)
- _Allow cropping a section of a large code file (say top while working
at the bottom) as reference while working elsewhere in the file._
(#33071)
- _Can be useful for the work in the same document, like excel or word
where you are actively checking the data from the same document._
(#28633)
- _In lot's of older applications, if you need to get some information
or data from one dialog do another, but because of dialog modality it's
not possible to have both windows open at the same time._ (#33812)
- _nowadays quite a lot is happening inside the browser. Quite often, I
want to keep a small portion of the current website visible and switch
to e.g. the writing tool also running in a different tab in the same
browser window._ (#31799)


I've used win+ctrl+shift+s as the default activation shortcut, as it's
not yet used by other powertoys utilities, has similarity with the
normal win+shift+s shortcut hotkey and is consistent with the other Crop
and Lock shortcuts win+ctrl+shift+r (Reparent Mode) and win+ctrl+shift+t
(Thumbnail Mode).

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Compatibility tested manually with a large set of applications I have
installed on my computer. However, automated tests don't really make
sense as there is not much business logic which could be tested.

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Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
Co-authored-by: vanzue <vanzue@outlook.com>
 2026-01-06 21:08:17 +08:00
Ruben Fricke
6515985823 CmdPal: Update Extension SDK docs link to Microsoft Learn (#44517) 
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## Summary of the Pull Request
Update CmdPal SDK docs links to point to Microsoft Learn as requested in
#40994.

 

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  Updated links in:
    - src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Settings/GeneralPage.xaml
    - src/modules/cmdpal/extensionsdk/README.md

Note: The issue proposes linking directly to “Command Palette /
Developer Docs / Extensibility overview” on
Learn. I noticed the project often uses fwlink/aka.ms redirects instead
of direct Learn URLs. If creating a
redirect is preferred (or if I can create one), let me know and I’ll
update the links accordingly.

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Manually verified that the links resolve to the Microsoft Learn Command
Palette extensibility overview.

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Co-authored-by: Niels Laute <niels.laute@live.nl>
 2026-01-05 18:43:16 -06:00
Kai Tao
709c4bbf6b Cmdpal: PowerToys extension localization (#44520) 
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Localization for cmdpal powertoys extension
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Kai Tao
d87dde132d Cmdpal extension: Powertoys extension for cmdpal (#44006) 
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Installer built, and every command works as expected,
Now use sparse app deployment, so we don't need an extra msix

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 2025-12-23 21:07:44 +08:00
Kai Tao
afeeea671f Cmdpal: Fix the path error to pack the sdk (#44390) 
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1. Fix the path change introduced by #44316 when buildsdk standalone
2. Add a build step in CI to make sure sdk build correctly in future
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Pipeline should pack sdk correctly
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/>
 2025-12-23 13:46:49 +08:00
Michael Jolley
f1e045751a 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

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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
Jiří Polášek
8682d0f54d CmdPal: Add a solution filter for Command Palette projects (#44395) 
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## Summary of the Pull Request

This PR introduces a solution filter (.slnf) to the Command Palette
module, allowing us to quickly open just the subset of projects needed
to build, test, and run our favorite PowerToy.

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 2025-12-22 23:12:07 +01:00
Jessica Dene Earley-Cha
37bd24db36 Cmdpal: user research on extension invokes (#43905) 
## Summary of the Pull Request

Added two events that Niels asked for:

- `CmdPal_ExtensionInvoked`
- Track which extensions are being used (e.g., file search, app
launching, calculator, etc.).
    - Properties logged
        - ExtensionId - Unique identifier of the extension provider
        - CommandType - Display name of the command being invoked
        - Success - Whether the command executed successfully
        - ExecutionTimeMs - Execution time in milliseconds
- `CmdPal_SessionDuration`
    - Tracks how long Command Palette stays open (launch → close). 
    - Properties logged
        - DurationMs - Session duration in milliseconds
        - CommandsExecuted - Number of commands executed
        - PagesVisited - Number of pages visited
- DismissalReason - Why the session ended (Escape, LostFocus, Command,
etc.)
        - SearchQueriesCount - Number of search queries executed
        - MaxNavigationDepth - Maximum navigation depth reached
        - ErrorCount - Number of errors encountered



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 2025-12-19 11:23:16 -08:00
Shawn Yuan
2603efc8a9 Fix pipeline with waskd2 experimental version (#44357) 
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## Summary of the Pull Request
This pull request includes two main groups of changes: improvements to
build configuration (specifically, warning suppression for experimental
features), and refactoring in the `WrapPanelCustom` control to use the
correct `StretchChild` type from the CommunityToolkit. These updates
help streamline the build process and improve code clarity and
maintainability.

**Build configuration improvements:**

* Added `/p:IgnoreExperimentalWarnings=true` to the
`RestoreAdditionalProjectSourcesArg` in the build pipeline to enable
suppression of experimental warnings during project restore.
* Updated `Directory.Build.targets` to append specific warning codes
(`CS8305`, `SA1500`, `CA1852`) to the `NoWarn` property when
`IgnoreExperimentalWarnings` is set, suppressing these warnings during
builds.

**Refactoring in `WrapPanelCustom`:**

* Updated the `WrapPanel` control in `WrapPanel.cs` to use
`ToolkitStretchChild` from `CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls` instead of
a local `StretchChild` type, ensuring consistency and leveraging the
toolkit's implementation.
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- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
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for new binaries and localization folder
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 2025-12-19 16:02:17 +08:00
Gordon Lam
d38edf798d Update a reminding vcxproj that reference WinAppSDK (#44316) 
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## Summary of the Pull Request

This pull request modernizes NuGet package management for the
`Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions` native project by migrating from
the older `packages.config` approach to the newer `PackageReference`
style. It also updates the related project references and output
handling in the toolkit project. These changes simplify dependency
management and align with current best practices for native C++/WinRT
projects.

**NuGet package management modernization:**

* Migrated `Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.vcxproj` from
`packages.config` to `PackageReference` style, specifying dependencies
directly in the project file and removing the `packages.config` file.
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* Removed legacy NuGet property groups, imports, and error-checking
targets related to manual package restore, as these are now handled
automatically by `PackageReference`.
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**Project reference and build output updates:**

* Updated the project reference in
`Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions.Toolkit.csproj` to not reference
the output assembly directly, and added explicit inclusion and copying
of the native implementation DLL and WinMD files to the output
directory.

**Cleanup of unused files:**

* Removed `packages.config` from both the
`Microsoft.CommandPalette.Extensions` and `PowerRenameUILib` projects,
as dependencies are now managed via `PackageReference`.
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 2025-12-17 18:10:21 +08:00
Gordon Lam
9aca6d136f Revert "Revert commit" - Using centralized package management for vcxproj (#44289) 
Reverts microsoft/PowerToys#44208
Basically enable back: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/pull/43920

the core change is adding this new Target to ensure when "building in
Visual Studio", it will restore the nuget package first for vcxproj:
```xml
  <!-- Auto-restore NuGet for native vcxproj (PackageReference) when building inside VS -->
  <Target Name="EnsureNuGetRestoreForVcxproj" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild" Condition="
            '$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' == 'true'
            and '$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true'
            and '$(RestoreInProgress)' != 'true'
            and '$(MSBuildProjectExtension)' == '.vcxproj'
            and '$(RestoreProjectStyle)' == 'PackageReference'
            and '$(MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath)' != ''
            and !Exists('$(MSBuildProjectExtensionsPath)project.assets.json')
          ">

    <Message Importance="normal" Text="NuGet assets missing for $(MSBuildProjectName); running Restore...; IntDir=$(IntDir); BaseIntermediateOutputPath=$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)" />

    <MSBuild Projects="$(MSBuildProjectFullPath)" Targets="Restore" Properties="RestoreInProgress=true" BuildInParallel="false" />
  </Target>
```
 2025-12-16 10:46:39 +08:00