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Use of field_gridpicker for pins #6695

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@microbit-robert

Describe the bug
This is less of a bug and more that the same field_gridpicker is used in quite different cases. Changes were made to make the keyboard experience much better in Minecraft, but this has arguably made the experience slightly worse for the pins picker in micro:bit which can be observed in beta (in this case the blue outline is harder to see and the tooltip is not necessary).

Expected behavior
It would be nice if the grid picker for pins was as clear and simple as it used to be, but this would clearly conflict with the essential changes made for minecraft.

  • Does the field need to be more configurable?
  • Does the pin picker need to be a grid at all? It seems like a regular dropdown would work quite well here as it doesn't use images

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MakeCode for micro:bit before Minecraft changes:
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MakeCode for micro:bit after Minecraft changes:
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micro:bit version (please complete the following information):

  • Not hardware related

Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS: MacOS 15.7.3
  • Browser: Chrome 144.0.7559.110 (Official Build) (arm64)

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