Add "Configure Intellisense" Status Bar Item

[browntarik]

Work item reference (GitHub issue link, etc.): #10685

Problem:
• Users are having trouble configuring a compiler for IntelliSense even with our notification on startup
Fix:
• Add a persistent status bar item that will let the user know they do not have a compiler selected. This status bar item will call the Select Default Compiler command

How tested:
• Manual Testing

Implementation Summary:
• Added compilerStatusBarItem to UI along with corresponding member variables which are set in client.ts

[sean-mcmanus]

It still pops up the "You do not have IntelliSense configured" 2nd prompt if it gets configured from the Status Bar item (or some other means) -- is that fixable? I was thinking maybe it could check if the setting had gotten set already. Or maybe we could file another issue to track that.

[sean-mcmanus]

The status UI doesn't disappear after I set the C_Cpp.default.compilerPath in the settings.json

[sean-mcmanus]

Can we use a timer to delay showing the Status Bar item till the prompt has appeared for 15 seconds (when the auto-hide will occur) so they don't both appear at the same time?

You can use the setTimeout function (there are examples in the code).

[sean-mcmanus]

I think we need to fix the bug #10691 before adding this status bar UI.

[sean-mcmanus]

@bobbrow @browntarik Should the status bar item open the original info prompt instead of the Select Compiler dropdown if a potential compiler is found? That would make it easier to click the Yes button.

[browntarik]

@bobbrow @browntarik Should the status bar item open the original info prompt instead of the Select Compiler dropdown if a potential compiler is found? That would make it easier to click the Yes button.

This is an interesting idea. @AlexandraKemperMS what do you think?

[AlexandraKemperMS]

@bobbrow @browntarik Should the status bar item open the original info prompt instead of the Select Compiler dropdown if a potential compiler is found? That would make it easier to click the Yes button.

This is an interesting idea. @AlexandraKemperMS what do you think?

I like this idea, but I think for a lot of users the quickpick will be much more noticeable - around half of users dismiss the notification, and that's the ones who respond at all/see it in the first place. Also, the compiler we would normally recommend in the notification would be at the top of the list in the quickpick, so also the first thing to select.

[sean-mcmanus]

I like this idea, but I think for a lot of users the quickpick will be much more noticeable - around half of users dismiss the notification, and that's the ones who respond at all/see it in the first place. Also, the compiler we would normally recommend in the notification would be at the top of the list in the quickpick, so also the first thing to select.

Ok, that makes sense to me.

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[sean-mcmanus]

I think we need to fix the bug #10691 before adding this status bar UI.

Bob says this can be fixed afterwards.