Show active editor language first in Configure Snippets

[varshitha (dobbydobap)]

Fixes #324336.

Reorders the "Configure Snippets" quick pick so the active editor's language is listed first, in both the existing-snippet-files group and the new-language group. So with a Python file open, python.json (or the "new Python snippets" entry) shows at the top instead of alphabetically.

Falls back to the current order when there's no active editor or the language is already first.
Tested in the dev build: opened a Python file, ran Configure Snippets, python was at the top; switched to a JS file and JavaScript moved to the top.
Kept this to the reordering only. Happy to add an indicator for the detected language as a follow-up if that's wanted.

[varshitha (dobbydobap)]

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Pull request overview

This PR improves the "Configure Snippets" quick pick (workbench.action.openSnippets) so the active editor's language surfaces first, addressing issue #324336. It passes editorService.activeTextEditorLanguageId into computePicks, and after the usual sort it promotes the matching entry to the top of both the existing-snippet-files group and the new-language group. When there is no active editor, or the language is already first/absent, the previous ordering is preserved.

Changes:

• Injected IEditorService into ConfigureSnippetsAction.run and forwarded the active language id to computePicks.
• Added post-sort reordering in computePicks to move the active language's existing .json file and its "new language" entry to the front.
• Kept a graceful fallback to the prior order when there is no active editor language or it's already first.

[varshitha (dobbydobap)]

closing this — #324336 was closed as not planned on sep 6 after the feature request didn't reach the 20 upvote threshold, so there's no issue left for this to fix. happy to revisit if it ever makes the backlog.

[Martin Aeschlimann (aeschli)]

The request makes sense, ok to continue with it

[Allen Bacabis Santiago (saitanallensantiago26-beep)]

Fixes #324336.

Reorders the "Configure Snippets" quick pick so the active editor's language is listed first, in both the existing-snippet-files group and the new-language group. So with a Python file open, python.json (or the "new Python snippets" entry) shows at the top instead of alphabetically.

Falls back to the current order when there's no active editor or the language is already first.
Tested in the dev build: opened a Python file, ran Configure Snippets, python was at the top; switched to a JS file and JavaScript moved to the top.
Kept this to the reordering only. Happy to add an indicator for the detected language as a follow-up if that's wanted.

[Allen Bacabis Santiago (saitanallensantiago26-beep)]

Fixes #324336.

Reorders the "Configure Snippets" quick pick so the active editor's language is listed first, in both the existing-snippet-files group and the new-language group. So with a Python file open, python.json (or the "new Python snippets" entry) shows at the top instead of alphabetically.

Falls back to the current order when there's no active editor or the language is already first.
Tested in the dev build: opened a Python file, ran Configure Snippets, python was at the top; switched to a JS file and JavaScript moved to the top.
Kept this to the reordering only. Happy to add an indicator for the detected language as a follow-up if that's wanted.