Things to investigate

• Left-side editing
  • Context menu option to edit value
  • CodeLens to edit value
  • Move pencil icon to value It actually was on the right side previously. It may actually be less noticeable after a long value, it may wrap to the next line, etc. Putting it in between the key/value seems weird, and we don't want it to overlap any text.
  • Replace the pencil icon with a highlight over the value. Clicking anywhere on it shows the edit menu. It acts functionally more like a dropdown.
  • Make pencil icon always visible
  • Indicate the value of an edited setting on the left
    • Or just indicate that a setting is overridden by something on the right
• Right-side editing
  • ✅ Auto fix missing commas Autofix JSON syntax errors when user manually edits settings file #42232
  • Autosave when editing manually
• Search
  • Can't focus the cursor at the current setting with the keyboard
  • ✅ Weird <enter> nav order Settings navigation order should be more predictable #42126
    • Should go over all overridden settings first
    • Navigate through the other settings domains?
  • Can't see if a setting is actually overridden in another settings domain tab
    • ✅ After a search, the number of matches should be shown in the User, Workspace, Folder tabs Show number of settings search matches in settings target tabs #42377
  • ✅ Add keyboard shortcut to trigger edit of selected setting Add command to edit focused setting in settings editor #42124
    • Or the setting under the cursor
    • Or to focus (one of) the editors so we can then do something with the cursor
• Right side
  • Reorder and group User Settings
    • Or make an extension to do this
  • Filter User Settings
• Quick Open to manage settings (like @sandy081's extension)
• Easy editing of common settings from the welcome page
• Add quick fix for settings from non-installed extensions on the right side. Example: lcov settings in vscode workspace settings