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🎨 Palette: Improve Welcome screen command visibility #239

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🎨 Palette: Move command trigger to description in Welcome items
google-labs-jules[bot] Feb 28, 2026
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🎨 Palette: Move command trigger to description in Welcome items
google-labs-jules[bot] Feb 28, 2026
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14 changes: 10 additions & 4 deletions vscode-extension/src/search-provider.ts
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Expand Up @@ -1678,22 +1678,28 @@ export class SearchProvider {

const shortcut = cmd.keyboardShortcut ? ` • ${cmd.keyboardShortcut}` : '';
// Palette: Use dynamic description with shortcut for better discoverability
const detail = `${cmd.description}${shortcut}`;
// Palette: Use "Name (/cmd)" format for label
const label = `${this.getWelcomeLabel(cmd)} (${cmd.name})`;
const explanation = `${cmd.description}${shortcut}`;
// Palette: Clean label without command
const label = this.getWelcomeLabel(cmd);

// Create base item
const item = this.resultToQuickPickItem({
item: {
id: `slash-cmd:${cmd.id}`,
name: label,
type: SearchItemType.COMMAND,
filePath: '',
detail: detail,
detail: '', // Keep empty so resultToQuickPickItem doesn't mess with it
},
score: 1,
scope: cmd.scope,
});

// Palette: Move primary interaction trigger to description, explanation to detail
item.label = label;
item.description = cmd.name;
item.detail = explanation;

item.iconPath = new vscode.ThemeIcon(cmd.icon, new vscode.ThemeColor('textLink.foreground'));
item.alwaysShow = true;
items.push(item);
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