microsoft / microsoft/pxt-microbit
Program list improvements
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Description
I would like to suggest these 2 changes for the program list.
- change default rendering to list. The user clearly wants to see all scripts and the list view is much clearer.
- display icon like on the home screen

Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the program list UI and the existing icon treatment on the home screen. Verify how the list's default rendering is selected, then confirm that programs open in list view and display the requested icon consistently.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100