Windows Command Palette ("CmdPal") is the next iteration of PowerToys Run. With extensibility at its core, the Command Palette is your one-stop launcher to start _anything_.
By default, CmdPal is bound to <kbd>Win+Alt+Space</kbd>.
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This brings the current preview version of CmdPal into the upstream PowerToys repo. There are still lots of bugs to work out, but it's reached the state we're ready to start sharing it with the world. From here, we can further collaborate with the community on the features that are important, and ensuring that we've got a most robust API to enable developers to build whatever extensions they want.
Most of the built-in PT Run modules have already been ported to CmdPal's extension API. Those include:
* Installed apps
* Shell commands
* File search (powered by the indexer)
* Windows Registry search
* Web search
* Windows Terminal Profiles
* Windows Services
* Windows settings
There are a couple new extensions built-in
* You can now search for packages on `winget` and install them right from the palette. This also powers searching for extensions for the palette
* The calculator has an entirely new implementation. This is currently less feature complete than the original PT Run one - we're looking forward to updating it to be more complete for future ingestion in Windows
* "Bookmarks" allow you to save shortcuts to files, folders, and webpages as top-level commands in the palette.
We've got a bunch of other samples too, in this repo and elsewhere
### PowerToys specific notes
CmdPal will eventually graduate out of PowerToys to live as its own application, which is why it's implemented just a little differently than most other modules. Enabling CmdPal will install its `msix` package.
The CI was minorly changed to support CmdPal version numbers independent of PowerToys itself. It doesn't make sense for us to start CmdPal at v0.90, and in the future, we want to be able to rev CmdPal independently of PT itself.
Closes#3200, closes#3600, closes#7770, closes#34273, closes#36471, closes#20976, closes#14495
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TODOs et al
**Blocking:**
- [ ] Images and descriptions in Settings and OOBE need to be properly defined, as mentioned before
- [ ] Niels is on it
- [x] Doesn't start properly from PowerToys unless the fix PR is merged.
- https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/556 merged
- [x] I seem to lose focus a lot when I press on some limits, like between the search bar and the results.
- This is https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/427
- [x] Turned off an extension like Calculator and it was still working.
- Need to get rid of that toggle, it doesn't do anything currently
- [x] `ListViewModel.<FetchItems>` crash
- Pretty confident that was fixed in https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/553
**Not blocking / improvements:**
- Show the shortcut through settings, as mentioned before, or create a button that would open CmdPalette settings.
- When PowerToys starts, CmdPalette is always shown if enabled. That's weird when just starting PowerToys/ logging in to the computer with PowerToys auto-start activated. I think this should at least be a setting.
- Needing to double press a result for it to do the default action seems quirky. If one is already selected, I think just pressing should be enough for it to do the action.
- This is currently a setting, though we're thinking of changing the setting even more: https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/issues/392
- There's no URI extension. Was surprised when typing a URL that it only proposed a web search.
- [x] There's no System commands extension. Was expecting to be able to quickly restart the computer by typing restart but it wasn't there.
- This is in PR https://github.com/zadjii-msft/PowerToys/pull/452
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* Add Delete functionality for Peek.
* Updated the "No More Files" text block to use a Uid to load its resource text. Also altered the text style to be consistent with the FailedFallbackPreviewControl error page.
* Revert "Delete Directory.Packages.props"
This reverts commit 3a10918c9f91de64785722e4bdb33c58d1c2daea.
* Attempt to appease the spell-checking bot by renaming flag const.
* Show error message InfoBar if file deletion failed.
* Resolve XAML styling.
* XAML styling fix.
* Settings app updates for new delete confirmation setting.
* Add delete confirmation dialog and settings to Peek. Add shell notification event after delete operation.
* Spelling updates.
* Spelling update.
* Remove permanent delete parameter, YAGNI. Add hwnd parameter to delete so warning dialogs are correctly parented. Fix flags to not hide permanent delete warning.
* Simplify delete confirmation dialog. Remove workaround for focus visual issue. Ensure delete confirmation dialog is closed when the main window visibility is toggled.
* Fix delete delay. Do not regard user cancellations of permanent deletes as an error, but log them as info anyway. More descriptive name for delete confirmation dialog checkbox.
* Fix multiple Content_KeyUp events being raised for MainWindow.
* Synchronise ConfirmFileDelete setting between Peek and Settings app.
* Update following review: split System usings from others; do not log deleted item name.
* Fix XAML style
* Fix borders for windows in the Settings UI
* Fix HOSTS window
* Fix Advanced Paste
* Fix Environment Variables
* Fix File Locksmith
* Fix Peek, with a caveat
* Fix Registry Preview
* Remove unused imports
* Clean up imports in OobeShellPage
* Move OSVersionHelper from Common.UI up into ManagedCommon
* add partial for aot support
* add Microsoft.NET.ILLink.Tasks to packages.props
* format
* Revert "format"
This reverts commit 742d5e2214.
* add Microsoft.NET.ILLink.Tasks to notice.md
* add auto reference
* update script to remove the 'Auto-reference line'
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* [Deps] Upgrade Framework Libraries to .NET 9 RC2
* [Common][Build] Update TFM to NET9
* [FileLocksmith][Build] Update TFM to NET9 in Publish Profile
* [PreviewPane][Build] Update TFM to NET9 in Publish Profile
* [PTRun][Build] Update TFM to NET9 in Publish Profile
* [Settings][Build] Update TFM to NET9 in Publish Profile
* [MouseWithoutBorders][Analyzers] Resolve WFO1000 by configuring Designer Serialization Visibility
* [Deps] Update Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers
* [Analyzers] Set CA1859,CA2263,CA2022 to be excluded from error
* [MouseWithoutBorders] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [ColorPicker] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [AdvancedPaste] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [TextExtractor] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [Hosts] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [MouseJump] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [PTRun] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [Wox] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [Peek] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [PowerAccent] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [Settings] Use System.Threading.Lock to lock instead of object instance
* [Deps] Update NOTICE.md
* [CI] Update .NET version step to target 9.0
* [Build] Attempt to add manual trigger for using Visual Studio Preview for building
* [Build] Fix variable typo
* [Build][Temporary] set to use preview builds
* [Build] Add missing parameters
* [Build][Temporary] directly hardcode preview image
* [Build][Temporary] Trying ImageOverride
* [Build] Revert hardcode and use ImageOverride
* [Build] Add env var for adding prerelease argument for vswhere
* [Build] Update VCToolsVersion script to use env var to optionally add prerelease version checking
* [Build] Remove unneeded parameter
* [Build] Re-add parameter in all the right places
* [CI][Build] Add NoWarn NU5104 when building with VS Preview
* [Deps] Update to stable .NET 9 packages
* [Deps] Update NOTICE.md
* Everything is WPF and WindowsForms now to fix .NET 9 dependency conflicts
* Ensure .NET 9 SDK for tests too
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* Data diagnostics opt-in
* [c++] Drop DROP_PII flag
* Bump telemtry package to 2.0.2
* Drop DropPii from custom actions
* Cleanup
* Do not start manually C# EtwTrace. FZ engine exit event.
* ImageResizer, PowerRename, FileLocksmith prev handlers
* Revert C# handlers exe logging
* Revert "Revert C# handlers exe logging"
This reverts commit 4c75a3953b.
* Do not recreate EtwTrace
* consume package
* xaml formatting
* Fix deps.json audit
* Update telem package paths
* Address PR comments
* Fix AdvancedPaste close on PT close
* Override etl file name for explorer loaded dlls
Start/stop tracer when needed for explorer loaded dlls to prevent explorer overload
* Fix setting desc
* Fix missing events
* Add infobar to restart when enable data viewing
* Flush on timer every 30s
* [Settings] Update View Data diagnostic description text
[New+] Add tracer
* Show Restart info bar for both enable/disable data viewer
* Fix newplus
* Fix stuck on restart and terminate AdvPaste exe on destroy()
* [Installer] Add tracer
* Address PR comment
* Add missing tracers
* Exclude etw dir from BugReport
* Fix bad merge
* [Hosts] Proper exit on initial dialog
* [OOBE] Make Data diagnostic setting visible without scroll
* [OOBE] Add hiperlynk to open general settings
* Disable data view on disabling data diagnostics
* Don't disable View data button
* Fix disabling data viewing
* Add missing dot
* Revert formatting
* [Deps] Update CsWinRT to 2.1.5
* [Deps] Update WinAppSDK to 1.6.1
* [Props] Updated WindowsSdkPackageVersion to 22621.48 in Common.Dotnet.CsWinRT.props
* Updated NOTICE.md
* [Peek] Resolve ambiguity with Color struct
Consolidated IconHelper and ThumbnailHelper. Fixed icon memory leak. Fixed ImagePreviewer thumbnails being created and then not used. Refactored ImagePreviewer.
* Update FilePreviewer to prevent tooltips from obscuring title bar controls. Fixes#34496
* Small tidy to pointer move handler and StringBuilder setup.
* upgrade time!
* looks like two got orphaned :/
* Fix Measure Tool window style to remove title bar and borders
* Fix spellchecker
* was tab :(
* Update src/modules/MeasureTool/MeasureToolUI/MeasureToolXAML/MainWindow.xaml.cs
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* added comment about CsWinRT upgrade to verify on next upgrade
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Removes all C++/CX code.
Renames interop namespaces to be better consumed by CsWinRT.
Standardizes all projects on net8.0-windows10.0.20348.0, which is a
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FileLocksmithLibInterop brought to stdcpplatest and static analysis
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Removed now unneeded string conversion code from
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Changed interop KeyboardHook to use a single hook across all instances.
Required because on C++/WinRT we don't have the .NET runtime to bind a
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## Summary of the Pull Request
Fixes two bugs:
- Peek: Missing "Copy" menu-item for all WebView2 previewers.
- PreviewPane: Missing "Copy" menu-item for markdown files only.
## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
The issues are:
- Peek:
- When not using Monaco (markdown, html) - the default WebView2 context
menu has been disabled. I have enabled it and then disabled ALL
menu-items other than "Copy" (such as "Back").
- When using Monaco + Release (other code files) - current code tries to
use the Monaco context menu, but it is somehow disabled at runtime. I
spent MANY hours trying to find out why but without success. It works
fine when I view the generated html + js files in a browser or in a
Debug build or in PreviewPane. But I couldn't find the root cause.
Trying to fix it by enabling the WebView2 context menu instead doesn't
work as for whatever reason, WebView2 doesn't generate a "Copy"
menu-item (it thinks there's no selected text when there is). So in this
case, the only thing I could get to work was generating context
menu-items via WebView2 callbacks that call JS functions. As a bonus,
this way of doing it also allows "Toggle text wrapping" to work.
- PreviewPane:
- Markdown - the default WebView2 context menu has been disabled. Like
for Peek, I have enabled it and then disabled ALL menu-items other than
"Copy" (such as "Back").
- Monaco (other code files) - this already just works fine, so I've left
it as is. I *could* make it work the same way as I've done for Peek for
consistency, but I've chosen to leave it as is since it works.
* Peek support for special folders
* Renamed ThisComputer->ThisPC
* Used different variable name to avoid spellcheck issues
* Made label of empty fields hidden
* Removed ThisPC special handling and last modified date of recycle bin
* Force file pickers to open modal
* remove unneeded RTL code
* better icons and analyzer suggestions
* additions for preview controls
* more code improvs
* two nits in strings
* Adressing feedback
icon margin, drive usage bar, TitleBarHeightOption
* [Deps]Update CppWinRT to 2.0.240111.5
* Apply fix for robmikh.common incompatibility with cppwinrt
* Add CppWinRT to projects that were missing it
* Fix spellcheck
