[OOBE] Ensure the Settings button on the SCOOBE page opens Home, not a blank page#46203
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Great catch! Looks like we only tested it my manually opening the scoobe window hence we didn't catch it!
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Cherry-picked commits: - Make KBM Editor pinnable (#46482) - CmdPal: Fix missing primary context command for late-bound items (#46131) - CmdPal: Ensure DockWindow property cleans up after itself (#46303) - CmdPal: Hotfix commonCallbacks array initial count to prevent negative number (#46215) - CmdPal: Fix missing app context menu actions on the main page (#46293) - CmdPal: Fix dock popup XamlRoot handling on DockControl (#46305) - CmdPal: Reduce DockWindow backdrop switching and visual artifacts (#46309) - Always On Top: The opacity should be able to configure the hotkey individually (#46410) - [OOBE] Ensure the Settings button on the SCOOBE page opens Home, not a blank page (#46203) - CmdPal: Fix scroller scrolling and down glyph (#46447) - [Settings] Decouple Settings.UI.Library from PowerDisplay.Lib to fix (#46325)
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Summary of the Pull Request
This PR fixes an issue where selecting the Settings button on the What's New page for a new or upgraded installation of PowerToys would show the Settings application but with a blank contents page instead of the Home page.
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Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments
When the current version of PowerToys doesn't match the
last_version_run, the What's New (SCOOBE) page is displayed. The Settings page is loaded at the same time in a hidden state.If the user selects the Settings button in the bottom-left of the What's New page,
OpenSettingsItem_Tapped()is called, which calls:This unhides the Settings window, but Settings has not navigated to an initial page, resulting in a blank display.
The solution is to instead call:
Validation Steps Performed
Manual tests, following the instructions given in the original issue, i.e. setting the
last_version_runJSON manually and retrying to simulate the upgrade/new install.