Add setting to select network speed units in Command Palette

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Summary of the Pull Request

Adds a unit selection setting to the Performance Monitor extension in Command Palette that allows users to choose how network transmission speed is displayed. The setting offers three options: bits per second (Kbps/Mbps/Gbps, the default), bytes per second (KB/s/MB/s/GB/s), and binary bytes per second using IEC prefixes (KiB/s/MiB/s/GiB/s).

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Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments

The following files were changed:

• NetworkSpeedUnit.cs (new): Enum defining the three supported unit modes — BitsPerSecond, BytesPerSecond, and BinaryBytesPerSecond.

• SettingsManager.cs (new): A JsonSettingsManager subclass for the Performance Monitor extension. Defines a ChoiceSetSetting for NetworkSpeedUnit (default: BitsPerSecond), stored under the performanceMonitor namespace in the shared CmdPal settings.json.

• PerformanceWidgetsPage.cs:

  • PerformanceWidgetsPage constructor now accepts SettingsManager and passes it to SystemNetworkUsageWidgetPage.
  • SystemNetworkUsageWidgetPage stores the settings manager and calls SpeedToString(), which dispatches via a switch expression to FormatAsBitsPerSecString() (e.g. 12.5 Mbps), FormatAsBytesPerSecString() (e.g. 1.6 MB/s), or FormatAsBinaryBytesPerSecString() (e.g. 1.5 MiB/s) based on the selected unit.

• PerformanceMonitorCommandsProvider.cs: Holds the SettingsManager, passes it to both the list page and dock band via SetEnabledState(), exposes Settings on the provider, and adds the settings page to the command's MoreCommands. The crash-recovery hardening from main (ProviderCrashSentinel, TryReactivateImmediately, SetDisabledState, thread-safe locking) is fully preserved and integrated with the settings manager.

• Resources.resw: Updated Network_Speed_Unit_Setting_Title and Network_Speed_Unit_Setting_Description to neutral language; added three choice label strings (Network_Speed_Unit_BitsPerSec, Network_Speed_Unit_BytesPerSec, Network_Speed_Unit_BinaryBytesPerSec). Also includes the disabled-state strings merged from main.

Validation Steps Performed

• Manually verified that the setting appears in the Performance Monitor extension's settings page (accessible via the ⋯ context menu on the Performance Monitor command item).
• Verified that network speed values display in Kbps/Mbps/Gbps by default, switch to KB/s/MB/s/GB/s when the bytes option is selected, and switch to KiB/s/MiB/s/GiB/s when the binary bytes option is selected.
• Setting persists across Command Palette restarts via the shared CmdPal settings file.
• Verified that the crash-recovery re-enable flow correctly restores pages with the settings manager wired up.

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>[Command Palette] Allows network transmission speed units to be switched between bits per second and bytes per second</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Description of the new feature / enhancement

Add a setting that allows network monitoring in the Command Palette Dock to be displayed in bytes per second.

Scenario when this would be used?

In everyday usage, byte units are more commonly used.

Supporting information

No response</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

@niels9001 @copilot Can you add a setting for this?

• Fixes [Command Palette] Allows network transmission speed units to be switched between bits per second and bytes per second #46271

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[niels9001]

@copilot try again

[Copilot]

@copilot try again

Done! Implemented the network speed unit setting in commit 122ec32.

The changes add a toggle setting "Display network speed in bytes per second" to the Performance Monitor extension. When enabled, network speeds display as KB/s, MB/s, GB/s — when disabled (default), they show as Kbps, Mbps, Gbps.

The setting is accessible via the ⋯ context menu on the Performance Monitor command item and persisted to the shared CmdPal settings file.

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[Jay-o-Way]

Note: this is not a binary setting. It should be a selection. Note that there's another (theoretical) possibility like MebiBits/-Bytes.

[niels9001]

Note: this is not a binary setting. It should be a selection. Note that there's another (theoretical) possibility like MebiBits/-Bytes.

@copilot, this is fair feedback. Can you update?

[Copilot]

Note: this is not a binary setting. It should be a selection. Note that there's another (theoretical) possibility like MebiBits/-Bytes.

@copilot, this is fair feedback. Can you update?

Updated in commit 6a15c6c. The binary toggle is replaced with a 3-choice selection:

1. Bits per second — Kbps, Mbps, Gbps (default)
2. Bytes per second — KB/s, MB/s, GB/s
3. Binary bytes per second — KiB/s, MiB/s, GiB/s (IEC prefixes)

The NetworkSpeedUnit enum and ChoiceSetSetting follow the same pattern as ClipboardHistory's PrimaryAction setting.

[niels9001]

@copilot fix the merge conflicts

[Copilot]

@copilot fix the merge conflicts

Merge conflicts resolved in commit bee92dbe. The conflict in PerformanceMonitorCommandsProvider.cs was between the crash-recovery hardening from main (#46541 — ProviderCrashSentinel, SetEnabledState/SetDisabledState, TryReactivateImmediately, Dispose) and our settings integration. The resolved version keeps all crash-recovery logic and wires _settingsManager into SetEnabledState() so pages are created with the right settings both on initial load and on re-enable.