chore: Prompt user to connect when running a playground VSCODE-686 #1185
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Description
Before, if the user started a playground, and no connection is currently active, it would show a "toast" message in the bottom right corner:

The new logic is to instead offer them which collection to connect to:

However, I found this easy to miss, since if the user has no connections, its only a single line dropdown with muted colors that popup up.

So I added this interim step, so that the user gets very clear indication as to what is happening.
For experienced users, this should not be too much of a hassle, as they will probably make sure they are connected to a collection before running a playground.
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