Alternative command discoverability issue

[kieferrm]

Testing #8197.

• VSCode Version: 6/29
• OS Version: Mac

I experimented with the following package.json.

{
    "name": "name",
    "description": "description",
    "author": "author",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "publisher": "kieferrm",
    "engines": {
        "vscode": "^1.0.0"
    },
    "dependencies": {},
    "contributes": {
        "commands": [
            {
                "command": "rudi",
                "title": "Rudi Now",
                "category": "Category 1"
                // "icon": {
                //  "dark": "darkRudi.png",
                //  "light": "lightRudi.png"
                // }
            },
            {
                "command": "blitzen",
                "title": "Blitzen Now",
                "category": "Category 1"
            }
        ],
        "menus": {
            "editor/context": [
                {
                    "command": "rudi",
                    "group": "myGroup",
                    "when": "editorHasSelection"
                }
            ],
            "explorer/context": [
                {
                    "command": "rudi",
                    "group": "navigation@1"
                }
            ],
            "editor/title": [
                {
                    "command": "rudi",
                    "group": "navigation@2",
                    "alt": "blitzen"
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}

When I want to use the alternative command, I first need to hover over the action and then I can press Option/Alt to see the alternative.

For exploring the UI it would be more intuitive if both sequences work:

1. Hover then press Option/Alt
2. Keep Option/Alt pressed and hover of menu actions

[jrieken]

@bgashler1 ideas?

[bgashler1]

I agree with @kieferrm 's approach--if we decide to keep the alt key approach.

We might also consider trying (just an idea) showing alternate commands for any area that is focused and/or hovered over when the Alt key is pressed (i.e. if you are focused in an editor group, any time the key is pressed you'd see the alternate commands).

This could be distracting each time you press Alt for say multi-cursor, but we seldom have alternate commands, and this may help with discoverability. I don't think people are holding down the alt key and hovering over each command to explore our UI, so this may help.

[jrieken]

Closing as it is now working both sequences alt + hover and hover + alt