Ctrl+Space should show what module a command is from

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by tracing the Ctrl+Space UI and the command collection it returns. Determine how command names are presented and how module information can be obtained, then make the completion display identify each command's module; if configurability is retained, expose it through Get-PSReadLineOption. Done means Ctrl+Space distinguishes similarly named commands by module.

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Description of the new feature/enhancement

This is a small UX improvement that I don't think would be too difficult to add (may want this to be a configurable option added to Get-PSReadLineOption) as to ensure that you are using the command that you want to from the correct module.

It saves a need for instead doing get-command register-ps* which was how I found this due to PowerShellGet/PSResourceGet having similar named commands

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

UI change from the collection that is returned form CTRL+Space when you are typing a command

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