Pinned Favorite Commands in Nx Console (Including `nx run target`)

[lukassh-7]

Description

Add support for pinning a small number of favorite commands or targets (e.g. up to 5) in Nx Console so they are always visible at the top of the Commands / Generate views and directly accessible from the nx run target shortcut.

While Nx Console already supports common commands, there is currently no way to surface those (or any custom selection) at the top of the nx run target menu, which is one of the most frequently used entry points.

Pinned favorites should persist across sessions and behave similarly to “starred” or “favorite” actions in other IDE tools.

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Motivation

I’m aware of the existing common commands feature, which is useful and already solves part of the problem.
However, when using the nx run target shortcut, I don’t see any option to:

• Reuse common commands there, or
• Display a custom set of frequently used targets at the top of the list

As a result, even very common workflows still require repetitive searching or navigation.

Allowing users to pin commands or targets and have them appear at the top of the nx run target menu would:

• Greatly speed up daily workflows
• Reduce friction in large monorepos
• Make the nx run target shortcut significantly more powerful
• Complement (not replace) the existing common commands feature

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Suggested Implementation

• Allow users to star / pin a command or target from:
  • The Commands list
  • The nx run target picker
• Pinned items appear in a dedicated “Favorites” section at the top of:
  • The Commands view
  • The nx run target shortcut UI
• Limit the number of pinned items (e.g. max 5) to keep the UI focused.
• Persist favorites per workspace using extension storage.
• Favorites should remain visible regardless of sorting or filtering.

Alternate Implementations

• Extend the existing common commands concept so it also applies to the nx run target menu.
• Allow defining pinned commands or targets via settings.json.
• Introduce a lightweight “Quick Run” section dedicated to pinned items.

[MaxKless]

I like the idea and I'm not opposed to it, similarly to this one about recent commands: #2391

Have you seen this setting?

I believe it will get you 80% of the way there by being able to specify custom tasks that will show up at the top. But being able to favourite things quickly is also nice - I'm open to a contribution and would love to help out but I don't have the capacity right now to implement this myself.