[Michael Jolley (michaeljolley)]

Summary

Adds a Hide app descriptions toggle setting to the Command Palette All Apps extension. When enabled, the descriptive subtitle text next to app results is hidden for a cleaner look.

Changes

File	Change
AllAppsSettings.cs	New HideAppDescriptions ToggleSetting (default: false), following the existing EnableStartMenuSource pattern
AllAppsPage.cs	Conditionally clears Subtitle on each AppListItem in GetPrograms() when setting is enabled
Resources.resx / Resources.Designer.cs	Resource strings for the setting label and description
AllAppsPageTests.cs	Two new tests verifying subtitle visibility with setting on/off

Validation

• Build clean (exit code 0)
• All 14 unit tests pass (including 2 new tests)
• Setting defaults to false (preserves current behavior)
• Empty subtitle renders gracefully (no placeholder shown)
• No ABI breaks — all changes scoped to All Apps extension

Closes #46634

[Michael Jolley (michaeljolley)]

CI Note: Unrelated test failure

The failing test QueryWithoutHistoryCommand("curl bing.com","curl.exe") in Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Shell.UnitTests is not related to this PR.

This PR only modifies files in Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps (the All Apps extension). The failing test is in the Shell extension and depends on curl.exe being resolvable via the Windows SearchPath API on the CI agent — an environment-dependent condition.

Files changed in this PR:

• AllAppsSettings.cs — new HideAppDescriptions toggle setting
• AllAppsPage.cs — conditional subtitle clearing
• Resources.resx / Resources.Designer.cs — resource strings
• AllAppsPageTests.cs — two new unit tests

None of these touch Shell extension code.

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Pull request overview

This PR adds a new All Apps extension setting in CmdPal to hide the descriptive subtitle text shown for application results, aiming to provide a cleaner results list.

Changes:

• Introduces a new HideAppDescriptions toggle setting (default false) for the Apps provider.
• Updates All Apps item generation to clear AppListItem.Subtitle when the setting is enabled.
• Adds localized strings and unit tests covering the on/off behavior.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

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File	Description
src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/AllAppsSettings.cs	Adds the new HideAppDescriptions toggle setting and wires it into the settings manager.
src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/AllAppsPage.cs	Applies the setting by clearing subtitles on generated AppListItems.
src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/Properties/Resources.resx	Adds label/description strings for the new setting.
src/modules/cmdpal/ext/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs	Updates the generated resource accessors for the new strings.
src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests/AllAppsPageTests.cs	Adds tests validating subtitle visibility when the setting is enabled/disabled.

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src/modules/cmdpal/Tests/Microsoft.CmdPal.Ext.Apps.UnitTests/AllAppsPageTests.cs:94

• These tests rely on Task.Delay(100) to wait for background initialization. Time-based delays make tests slower and can be flaky on loaded CI machines. Since GetItems() calls BuildListItems() synchronously, consider removing the delay and/or using a deterministic helper (like the existing refresh/initialization pattern in AppsTestBase) to ensure the page is ready.

            AllAppsSettings.Instance.Settings.Update("{\"apps.HideAppDescriptions\": \"true\"}");

            var page = new AllAppsPage(mockCache);
            await Task.Delay(100);

            // Act
            var items = page.GetItems();