microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Consider refactoring CommandPalette + Switcher => LiveFilteringListView
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Area-CmdPal
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Area-UserInterface
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Product-Terminal
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description
There's a good core of an implementation here for a live filtering list view, and I believe that having it serve two leaders (command palette and tab switcher) may unnecessarily complicate its implementation.
Is there something we can do about that?
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- 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 CommandPalette, Switcher, and LiveFilteringListView in the Windows Terminal codebase, then compare their shared filtering and list-view responsibilities. The issue does not name files, tests, or a concrete acceptance criterion; clarify the intended refactoring scope and what should be shared before making changes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100