Smart context menus in the solution explorer (show only when applicable)

[nkolev92]

The #8956 effort will add "update" context menus.

This context menu will be shown for every package.

Ideally this context menu is only shown when applicable, like if there are updates available (or a next step, applicable updates available).

A comparable experience is the VS for Mac solution explorer.

fyi @anangaur @donnie-msft

[anangaur]

Thanks for opening this issue. Based on our discussions, this is where we need to land. #8956 will help folks who already know they need to update their package and will find an in-context menu.
We are aware that this experience might not be suited for folks who see update option and click to find that no updates were available.

[donnie-msft]

Dependent Project System changes are being tracked here: dotnet/project-system#5798

[timheuer]

Will this also not just be about smart context menus, but the visual indicator in solution explorer as well?

[anangaur]

@nkolev92, not sure if you wanted to include the visual indicators too as part of smart context menus (I assumed so because of the VS Mac analogy). If not, we should create another issue to track the visual indicators. /cc: @JonDouglas

[nkolev92]

I think my idea was to cover the indicators too.

The engineering work for determining whether it's applicable and showing the indicator is equivalent.

It makes sense experience wise too.