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[SUGGESTION] Help new users get Solution Explorer to top of side pane faster

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Description

Describe the feature you'd like

In the Hello World tutorial on the .NET website, we saw during user studies and through feedback that folks are still having trouble finding the solution explorer despite there being explicit instructions in the tutorial. Not everyone reads everything in tutorials so I imagine this being even more difficult to find for folks who aren't following a tutorial.

For users who don't have the Solution Explorer at the top of their side pane, can we display a VS Code notification that automatically pulls the solution explorer to the top for them?
https://code.visualstudio.com/api/ux-guidelines/notifications

Something like "The Solution Explorer is the best way to look at .NET projects. Would you like this put at the top of your VS Code side pane?" (Yes, No, Don't show again)

Alternatives considered
  • Creating a C# Dev Kit Profile that already has this configuration
  • Add this step/instructions to the VS Code Walkthrough experience
  • Incorporating Code Tour extension work somehow? (I think this lets you highlight things within VS Code tooling...)

I'm not sure what the completion rates are for the VS Code walkthrough but creating a C# Dev Kit Profile may be able to solve some other tooling configuration issues along with this one.

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No implementation files or tests are named. Start by reviewing the VS Code notification UX guidelines and the C# Dev Kit Profile, Walkthrough, and Code Tour alternatives mentioned in the issue; done should mean an appropriate notification can offer to move Solution Explorer to the top with Yes, No, and Don't show again choices.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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