Add Agents app banner to welcome page footer#308911
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Add a banner button in the welcome page footer that allows users to try out the new Agents app. The banner includes: - A button with the agent icon and 'Try out the new Agents app' label that executes the workbench.action.openAgentsWindow command - A 'Learn more' link that opens code.visualstudio.com - Telemetry logging for both actions - CSS styling for the banner with proper theming integration Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
Adds a promotional “Agents app” banner to the Welcome / Getting Started page footer, intended to open the Agents window and provide a “Learn more” link, with corresponding telemetry.
Changes:
- Adds a footer banner button that dispatches
openAgentsWindowand executesworkbench.action.openAgentsWindow. - Adds a “Learn more” link that opens
https://code.visualstudio.comand logs telemetry. - Introduces CSS rules for
.agents-bannerand its inner layout/link styling.
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src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcomeGettingStarted/browser/media/gettingStarted.css |
Styles the new footer banner and “Learn more” link. |
src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcomeGettingStarted/browser/gettingStarted.ts |
Renders the banner/link in the footer and wires up dispatch + telemetry + opener behavior. |
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Summary
Adds a banner button in the welcome page footer that promotes the new Agents app.
Changes
workbench.action.openAgentsWindowcommand.code.visualstudio.comin the browser. Click is isolated from the button viastopPropagation.openAgentsWindowandopenAgentsLearnMoreactions..agents-bannerelement with proper theming integration, centered layout, and rounded corners.Screenshot reference
The banner appears in the footer area of the welcome page, above the "Show welcome page on startup" checkbox.