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Show command descriptions as tooltips in Command Palette #284609

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Show command descriptions as tooltips in Command Palette
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Scope command description tooltips to Command Palette only
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Use existing commandDescription for Command Palette tooltips
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions src/vs/platform/quickinput/browser/commandsQuickAccess.ts
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Expand Up @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { IQuickAccessProviderRunOptions } from '../common/quickAccess.js';
import { IKeyMods, IQuickPickSeparator } from '../common/quickInput.js';
import { IStorageService, StorageScope, StorageTarget, WillSaveStateReason } from '../../storage/common/storage.js';
import { ITelemetryService } from '../../telemetry/common/telemetry.js';
import { CommandsRegistry } from '../../commands/common/commands.js';
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This is unused, please delete it

import { Categories } from '../../action/common/actionCommonCategories.js';

export interface ICommandQuickPick extends IPickerQuickAccessItem {
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if (commandPick.type === 'separator') {
return commandPick;
}
if (!commandPick.tooltip && commandPick.commandDescription) {
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I'd rather you compute the tooltip first, and then add it to the spread that's happening further down.

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const tooltip = commandPick.tooltip || commandPick.commandDescription.value;

Similar to how aria label is handled

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@TylerLeonhardt Thanks for the guidance!
I've updated the implementation.
Please let me know if this looks good now.

commandPick = {
...commandPick,
tooltip: commandPick.commandDescription.value
};
}

const keybinding = this.keybindingService.lookupKeybinding(commandPick.commandId);
const ariaLabel = keybinding ?
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