eclipse-theia/theia

Helpful Banner on Empty Window

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#10,804 opened on Feb 25, 2022

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Description

Feature Description:

In VSCode, when no tabs are present, the VSCode logo is shown, together with a banner showing some of the most important keyboard shortcuts in the application:

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Since it can otherwise be difficult (as a new user) to discover features like the global command palette, this banner is very helpful, and we should consider implementing something similar.

Contributor guide

Research direction
Look into the existing UI components that display the welcome page or empty state. Explore how to add a banner with keyboard shortcuts using Theia's widget system, possibly reusing existing shortcut data.
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontenddeveloper experience
Issue type
Feature
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
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TypeScriptGit
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60