PowerToys/doc/devdocs/modules/launcher/plugins/windowssettings.md
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# Windows Settings Plugin
The Windows settings Plugin allows users to search the Windows settings.
## Special functions (differ from the regular functions)
* Support modern Windows settings (Windows 10+)
* Support legacy Windows settings (Windows 7, 8.1)
* Support extra programs for setting (like ODBC)
* Support search by the area of the setting (like `Privacy`)
* Support search for alternative names of a setting
## How to add a new Windows Setting or change one
All Windows settings are located in `WindowsSettings.json` in root folder of the project.
The `WindowsSettings.json` use a JSON schema file that make it easier to edit it.
| Key | Optional | Value type | String prefix |
| ------------------- | -------- | ----------------- | ------------- |
| `Name` | **No** | String | |
| `Type` | **No** | String | `App` |
| `Command` | **No** | String | |
| `Areas` | Yes | List with strings | `Area` |
| `AltNames` | Yes | List with strings | |
| `Note` | Yes | String | `Note` |
| `IntroducedInBuild` | Yes | Integer | |
| `DeprecatedInBuild` | Yes | Integer | |
| `ShowAsFirstResult` | Yes | Boolean | |
A minimum entry for the `WindowsSettings.json` looks like:
```json
{
"Name": "mySetting",
"Type": "AppSettingsApp",
"Command": "ms-settings:mySetting"
}
```
A full entry for the `WindowsSettings.json` looks like:
```json
{
"Name": "mySetting",
"Type": "AppSettingsApp",
"Command": "ms-settings:mySetting",
"Areas": [ "AreaMySettingArea" ],
"AltNames": [ "NiceSetting" ],
"Note": "NoteMySettingNote",
"IntroducedInBuild" : 1903,
"DeprecatedInBuild" : 2004,
"ShowAsFirstResult" : true
}
```
### Remarks
* The `Command` for modern Windows settings should start with `ms-settings:`
* The `Command` for legacy Windows settings should start with `control`
* The integer value for `IntroducedInBuild` and `DeprecatedInBuild` must be in range of `0` to `4294967295`
* The strings for `Name`, `AltNames`, `Areas`, `Type` and `Note` must not contain whitespace(s) or special characters (#, €, $, etc.)
* The strings for `Name`, `AltNames`, `Areas`, `Type` and `Note` are used as ids for the resource file under `Properties\Resources.resx`
* When you add new strings make sure you have add add all translations for it.
## Scores
There are three different score types with different start values.
| Score type | Start value |
| ------------------ | ------------ |
| First result score | 10500 |
| High score | 10000 |
| Medium score | 5000 |
| Low score | 1000 |
Each score will decreased by one when a condition match.
| Priority | Condition | Score type |
| -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| 1. | Settings name starts with the search value | High score |
| 2. | Settings name contain the search value | Medium score |
| 3. | Setting has no area | Low score |
| 4. | One area of the settings starts with the search value | Low score |
| 5. | Setting has no alternative name | Low score |
| 6. | One alternative name of the settings starts with the search value | Medium score |
| x. | no condition match | Low score |
### Remarks
* For each score condition we check if the property "ShowAsFirstResult" of the setting is true. If yes we use the firstResultScore instead of condition`s score.
## Important for developers
### General
* The assembly name is cached into `_assemblyName` (to avoid to many calls of `Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()`)
## Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.WindowsSettings project
### Important plugin values (meta-data)
| Name | Value |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| ActionKeyword | `$` |
| ExecuteFileName | `Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.WindowsSettings.dll` |
| ID | `5043CECEE6A748679CBE02D27D83747A` |
### Interfaces used by this plugin
The plugin use only these interfaces (all inside the `Main.cs`):
* `Wox.Plugin.IPlugin`
* `Wox.Plugin.IContextMenu`
* `Wox.Plugin.IPluginI18n`
### Program files
| File | Content |
| ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Classes\WindowsSetting.cs` | A class that represent one Windows setting |
| `Classes\WindowsSettings.cs` | A wrapper class that only contains a list with Windows settings (see 1) |
| `Helper\ContextMenuHelper.cs` | All functions to build the context menu (for each result entry) |
| `Helper\JsonSettingsListHelper.cs` | All functions to load the windows settings from a JSON file |
| `Helper\ResultHelper.cs` | All functions to convert internal results into WOX results |
| `Helper\TranslationHelper.cs` | All functions to translate the result in the surface language |
| `Helper\UnsupportedSettingsHelper.cs` | All functions to filter not supported Windows settings out |
| `Helper\WindowsSettingsPathHelper.cs` | All functions to build the area paths |
| `Images\WindowsSettings.dark.png` | Symbol for the results for the dark theme |
| `Images\WindowsSettings.light.png` | Symbol for the results for the light theme |
| `Properties\Resources.Designer.resx` | File that contain all translatable keys |
| `Properties\Resources.resx` | File that contain all translatable strings in the neutral language |
| `GlobalSuppressions.cs` | Code suppressions (no real file, linked via *.csproj) |
| `Main.cs` | Main class, the only place that implement the WOX interfaces |
| `plugin.json` | All meta-data for this plugin |
| `StyleCop.json` | Code style (no real file, linked via *.csproj) |
1. We need this extra wrapper class to make it possible that the JSON file can have and use a JSON schema file.
Because the JSON file must have a object as root type, instead of a array.
### Important project values (*.csproj)
| Name | Value |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| TargetFramework | `net6.0-windows` (.NET 5) or `net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0` (OS version specific) |
| Platforms | `x64` |
| Output | `..\..\..\..\..\x64\Debug\modules\launcher\Plugins\Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.WindowsSettings\` |
| RootNamespace | `Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.WindowsSettings` |
| AssemblyName | `Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.WindowsSettings` |
### Project dependencies
#### Packages
| Package | Version |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| [`StyleCop.Analyzers`](https://github.com/DotNetAnalyzers/StyleCopAnalyzers) | 1.1.118 |
#### Projects
* `Wox.Infrastructure`
* `Wox.Plugin`