[PT Run] Windows Settings search doesn't return 'Device Discovery' option.

[dougwl]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.5.1

Running as admin

• Yes

Area(s) with issue?

PowerToys Run

Steps to reproduce

With the settings plugin being enabled, search for 'device discovery' in PowerToys Run.

✔️ Expected Behavior

When searching by 'Device Discovery' an option referent to 'ms-settings-connectabledevices:devicediscovery' should be displayed, since it's part of the ms-settings commands specification.

❌ Actual Behavior

At the moment, no results are displayed.

Maybe it is intended behavior because this option opens the control center instead of the settings panel, but since I couldn't find anything talking about it here, perhaps opening a report is the right way to go.

Other Software

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[franky920920]

When searching by 'Device Discovery' an option referent to 'ms-settings-connectabledevices:devicediscovery' should be displayed, since it's part of the ms-settings commands specification

This should be the setting plugin, For ms-settings-connectabledevices:devicediscovery, this will be handled by the URI plugin.

cc: @htcfreek

[htcfreek]

which os version?

If it's a win11 setting, we haven't updated the plugin for Win11 now. (There is a general issue for Win11.)

You can open the link itself with uri plugin too.

[htcfreek]

@dougwl
The destination of this url isn't a setting in the settings app. That's why it's not listed official as settings url and not part of the settings plugin atm.

Can you plz share your source where you found the list with this uri? This would help us to implement it.

[franky920920]

@htcfreek here: https://4sysops.com/wiki/list-of-ms-settings-uri-commands-to-open-specific-settings-in-windows-10/history/?revision=1555539

Wondering why this one isn't using the ms-settings: scheme.

[dougwl]

The necessary information can be found here (IANA registration template):

https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/prov/ms-settings-connectabledevices

and all the other uri-schemes that follow this pattern (middle of the page, just search by 'ms-settings-'):

https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/uri-schemes.xhtml

This URI scheme seems reminiscent to others used in the previous Windows Phone 8
(https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/apps/jj207065(v=vs.105))

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I'm guessing it's registered like that because it access a different compartment from the main settings app (connect ux), although still being part of it.

[htcfreek]

@crutkas , @jaimecbernardo
Do we like to show results on settings search that aren't any real setting like the "Monitor/Projector connection ux"?

I think it doesn't fit into the concept of the settings plugin and I asking me which application (property for subtitle) we should assign to this results? Or should we make things more complicated by having a custom subtitle on this results? (I think that will be a bad idea.)

If we like to have such results I can implement it. Then please assign me.

[crutkas]

Is the ask to go here, correct?

[dougwl]

@crutkas This is the one, what you've mentioned is a Developer option that share the same name with the uri

'ms-settings-connectabledevices: devicediscovery'.

[crutkas]

for me, ms-settings-connectabledevices:devicediscovery just does Win+K

I'm ok with this but it would be low priority

[htcfreek]

@Aaron-Junker
can you please assign me. thank you.

[htcfreek]

Can someone please update tags and project. Thank you.

[htcfreek]

This is fixed with 0.57.0. Please head over to https://aka.ms/installpowertoys