NX Console V18.22.0 removed Generate & Run Target

[shadow1349]

Current Behavior

The Generate & Run Target palette is missing from the latest version of the NX console. Running generate from common nx commands does not bring up the generate UI.

Expected Behavior

I would expect the generate command to pull up the generate UI.

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

1. You can just start a brand new nx workspace using npx create-nx-workspace@latest
2. Open in VS Code with NX Console version 18.22.0
3. Open NX Console and you won't be able to get to the actual NX Console UI and there will be no Generate & Run Target and the generate command will not be an option

Nx Report

Node   : 20.8.1
OS     : darwin-arm64
npm    : 10.2.0

nx             : 19.3.0
@nx/js         : 19.3.0
@nx/workspace  : 19.3.0
@nx/devkit     : 19.3.0
@nrwl/tao      : 19.3.0

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Package Manager Version

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Operating System

• [ ] macOS
• [ ] Linux
• [ ] Windows
• [ ] Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

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[shadow1349]

As a note version 18.21.4 does not have this bug.

[committy]

Agree same problem after migration to 19.3.0. I kept the Nx version on the latest but downgrade Nx Console V18.21.4. All seem to work fine for me

[Lorondos]

Possible duplicate as already under the nx console repo: https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/issues/2173

[MaxKless]

Hey! In the latest Nx Console, we merged the Generate & Run Targets and Common Nx Commands into one panel because their distinction was kind of arbitrary. You can still find the Generate (UI) command in the Common Nx Commands by default (see the button on the right below)

Alternatively, you can edit the nxConsole.commonNxCommands setting as shown below to include generate.ui which will open the generate UI with a click (see below).

As a last option, you can always run the generate ui via the Nx: Generate (UI) command from the command palette or a context menu.

The Generate UI is still there :) Would love to hear your thoughts on this change and how you have been using the Nx Console panels to the side. Is there anything I could add to fit your workflows better?

[MaxKless]

Maybe I will switch it around... the generate command should open the Generate UI by default and the button on the side can be used to run the quickpick generate

[MaxKless]

Here's the PR to switch the default: https://github.com/nrwl/nx-console/pull/2182

Now it will show "Generate (UI)" promintently and the less-used & less-useful "Generate (quickpick)" will be behind the button.

[shadow1349]

@MaxKless thank you for elaborating and making that PR. I can see Generate UI in the command palette in VS Code, I think your PR would certainly make that UI more accessible. Thanks again!

[MaxKless]

Glad to hear that, thanks for taking the time to report this issue and making Nx Console better 🙏 Feel free to leave a review with your thoughts on the VSCode marketplace as well :)