Skip to content

Improve terminal suggest configuration discoverability #252321

@meganrogge

Description

@meganrogge
Contributor

Users have reported being surprised that Enter does not accept the suggestion. @Tyriar and I have chatted about how to fix this.

One idea is to emphasize our Configure action for the first X times the suggest widget is shown or when the suggest widget is shown for at least X seconds for the first time.

Mock-up from @Tyriar:

Before:

Image

After:

Image

Another is to add a Learn More 🎁 action for the first X times the suggest widget is shown or when the suggest widget is shown for at least X seconds for the first time, which would link to rich documentation.

Activity

changed the title [-]Improve terminal suggest discoverability[/-] [+]Improve terminal suggest configuration discoverability[/+] on Jun 24, 2025
self-assigned this
on Jun 24, 2025
added
feature-requestRequest for new features or functionality
and removed
feature-requestRequest for new features or functionality
on Jun 24, 2025
added this to the June 2025 milestone on Jun 24, 2025
Tyriar

Tyriar commented on Jun 25, 2025

@Tyriar
Member

Learn more idea:

Image

meganrogge

meganrogge commented on Jun 25, 2025

@meganrogge
ContributorAuthor

Feedback:

  • People don't love how bright it is
  • This looks like info, not a button
  • We'll probably move forward with it as brightness is the point
Tyriar

Tyriar commented on Jun 25, 2025

@Tyriar
Member

Next:

  • Look into doing a glowing border around Configure and see how that looks
  • Try a "Learn about this feature" entry with the $(gift) codicon
  • See how they look, if needed try gather more opinions from the team once we have some solid options for comparison
modified the milestones: June 2025, July 2025 on Jun 25, 2025
added a commit that references this issue on Jun 26, 2025
e9cc57f
added a commit that references this issue on Jun 30, 2025
6943e61
added
insiders-releasedPatch has been released in VS Code Insiders
and removed
unreleasedPatch has not yet been released in VS Code Insiders
on Jul 1, 2025
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

Type

No type

Projects

No projects

Relationships

None yet

    Development

    Participants

    @Tyriar@meganrogge

    Issue actions

      Improve terminal suggest configuration discoverability · Issue #252321 · microsoft/vscode