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closes #13883

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  • New Features
    • Added Balette, an accessible, keyboard-first command palette for Blazor, with fuzzy search, nested pages, shortcuts, async sources, command history, theming, and localization.
    • Added a live demo with interactive examples for search, commands, modes, keyboard controls, and theming.
    • Added MCP tools and resources for searching Balette documentation, exploring its API and themes, and inspecting search results.
    • Added Balette links to the product website and catalog.
  • Documentation
    • Added setup guides and reference material for Balette and its demo.

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Walkthrough

This pull request adds the Balette Blazor command-palette library, a demo client and server with MCP tools, unit and end-to-end tests, benchmarks, and repository workflows and documentation.

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Balette command-palette library

Layer / File(s) Summary
Library contracts, search, and state
src/Balette/Bit.Balette/Models/*, Search/*, History/*, Services/*, BaletteOptions.cs, BitBalette.cs, Bit.Balette.csproj
Adds public command, service, matcher, source, ranking, shortcut, history, localization, and configuration APIs.
Palette rendering and browser interaction
src/Balette/Bit.Balette/Components/*, Scripts/*, Styles/*
Adds the palette and supporting components, browser keyboard and dialog interaction, and the default stylesheet.

Demo, MCP, and validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Interactive demo client
src/Balette/Bit.Balette.Demo/Client/*
Adds the demo state, commands, sample data sources, routes, and pages for library features.
MCP tools and reference catalogs
src/Balette/Bit.Balette.Demo/Server/*
Adds MCP tools, resources, prompts, completions, and catalogs for Balette documentation, API details, theme data, source files, and search inspection.
Tests and benchmarks
src/Balette/Tests/*
Adds unit, component, MCP, and browser end-to-end tests, plus benchmark workloads and results documentation.

Repository integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Build, publishing, and discovery
.github/workflows/*, src/Balette/*.slnx, src/Bit.CI.Release.slnx, src/Bit.slnx, src/Websites/Platform/*, README.md, src/Balette/README.md
Adds Balette CI and deployment workflows, NuGet build steps, solution entries, product links, and library documentation. Updates repository guidance and MCP project coverage.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  actor Developer
  participant BaletteTrigger
  participant Balette
  participant BaletteService
  participant IBaletteSource
  Developer->>BaletteTrigger: Open palette with optional query
  BaletteTrigger->>Balette: Open with query or page command
  Balette->>BaletteService: Read commands and active modes
  Balette->>IBaletteSource: Search query with cancellation token
  IBaletteSource-->>Balette: Return source commands
  Balette->>Balette: Match, rank, and render results
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 78a04

The new command palette can crash when it opens if two commands share an id, for example a registered "Home" command and a markup "Home" item; on Blazor Server this ends the user's session. Async search results can also briefly show stale rows or a stuck spinner, Space-based shortcuts silently never fire, and mouse movement floods the server with messages. The duplicate-id crash should be fixed before merging.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Failed 1 · Inconclusive 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning · 1 inconclusive

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Out of Scope Changes check Warning Most changes support the Balette port or its repository integration. However, src/Websites/Platform/src/Bit.Websites.Platform.Server/Services/Mcp/McpFeedbackTool.cs adds Brouter to a feedback-tool… Remove the unrelated Brouter addition from McpFeedbackTool.cs, or link it to a separate issue if the change is required.
Docstring Coverage Inconclusive Docstring coverage is 44.39% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 446 functions across 50 files. (100 skipp… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Passed Passed checks: 3 passed
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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding the new Balette project.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #13883 requires porting BlazorCommandPalette under the name Balette. The pull request adds the Bit.Balette library, public command-palette APIs, components, search, history, sources, styli…
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Explanation

Issue #13883 requires porting BlazorCommandPalette under the name Balette. The pull request adds the Bit.Balette library, public command-palette APIs, components, search, history, sources, styling, JavaScript interop, a demo, documentation, packaging, CI, and unit, MCP, benchmark, and E2E tests. These changes implement the requested port and provide automated coverage.

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Explanation

Most changes support the Balette port or its repository integration. However, src/Websites/Platform/src/Bit.Websites.Platform.Server/Services/Mcp/McpFeedbackTool.cs adds Brouter to a feedback-tool project list. The linked issue concerns Balette and does not establish a requirement to change Brouter coverage. This is a demonstrated unrelated change.

Resolution

Remove the unrelated Brouter addition from McpFeedbackTool.cs, or link it to a separate issue if the change is required.

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Review comments at @src/Balette/Bit.Balette/Components/Balette.razor.cs:
- Line 1383: Update RefreshSnapshot to deduplicate the combined command snapshot
by command ID using later-wins semantics, so duplicate IDs produce only one
command and one palette row. Keep the existing ID comparison semantics; avoid
relying on ToDictionary in the ranking path to handle duplicates.
- Around line 1214-1255: Check token.IsCancellationRequested inside both
InvokeAsync callbacks in the source-search flow, before either callback mutates
state. This prevents canceled searches from setting _loading or updating
_sourceResults after a newer query has started.

Review comments at @src/Balette/Bit.Balette/Models/BaletteKeyboardShortcut.cs:
- Around line 86-87: Update the space-key normalization in the shortcut alias
mapping to use the space-free token “space” for both aliases, and keep that
token consistent in the browser’s chordsFor normalization, DisplayKey, and
BaletteTrigger.AriaChord so Space shortcuts match and display correctly.

Review comments at @src/Balette/Bit.Balette/Scripts/bit-balette.ts:
- Around line 267-269: Update onPointerMove to invoke OnPointerMoved only once
while pointer selection is armed, then disarm it; re-arm it on the dialog’s
keydown and input events. Register those listeners during initialization and
remove them during disposal.

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