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Reorder keyboard hints in empty editor window#298140

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Copilot AI commented Feb 27, 2026

"Open Recent" and "Open File or Folder" were swapped relative to the desired UX order in the empty editor watermark.

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  • editorGroupWatermark.ts: In emptyWindowEntries, moved openRecent before the file/folder entries so the hint order becomes:
    1. Open Chat
    2. Show All Commands
    3. Open Recent
    4. Open File or Folder
    5. New Untitled Text File
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<issue_title>Update order of keyboard hints in empty editor window</issue_title>
<issue_description>Current order:

  1. Open Chat
  2. Show All Commands
  3. Open File or Folder
  4. Open Recent
  5. New Untitled Text File

Proposed order:

  1. Open Chat
  2. Show All Commands
  3. Open Recent
  4. Open File or Folder
  5. New Untitled Text File

Corresponding keyboard shortcuts should be reordered as well.</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Update the order of the keyboard shortcut hints shown in VS Code when all of the windows are closed in the editor. Like the empty state for VS Code. </agent_instructions>

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Co-authored-by: jo-oikawa <14115185+jo-oikawa@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Update order of keyboard hints in empty editor window Reorder keyboard hints in empty editor window Feb 27, 2026
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  • src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/editorGroupWatermark.ts

@benvillalobos benvillalobos merged commit a042a1c into main Feb 27, 2026
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DonJayamanne pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 2, 2026
* Initial plan

* reorder keyboard hints in empty editor window: move Open Recent before Open File or Folder

Co-authored-by: jo-oikawa <14115185+jo-oikawa@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: jo-oikawa <14115185+jo-oikawa@users.noreply.github.com>
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Update order of keyboard hints in empty editor window

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