feat(dashboard): mark built-in properties with $ in the property picker

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Problem

The property picker renders OpenPanel's built-in columns (geo-IP country, os, region, city, browser, device…) and client-sent properties (properties.country etc.) with the same label. When a client sends a property that shares a built-in name, the picker shows two identical "country" rows — one for the geo-IP column, one for properties.country — with no way to tell them apart.

Fix

Mark built-in ("reserved") properties — anything not under properties. / profile.properties. — with a leading $ (reserved-property convention), subtext "OpenPanel":

$country      OpenPanel      ← built-in geo-IP column
country       properties     ← client-sent properties.country

Display only — the selected value (and the filter/breakdown it produces) is the raw property, unchanged, so saved reports keep working; search still matches ($country contains "country"). Applies to both the event and profile property lists.

One file: apps/start/src/components/report/sidebar/PropertiesCombobox.tsx.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved property action labels in the report sidebar.
  • Reserved properties now display with the correct $ prefix and panel description.
  • Client properties retain their derived names and namespace descriptions.
  • Selected property values remain unchanged.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The combobox now centralizes property action formatting. Reserved properties receive $ labels and OpenPanel descriptions. Prefixed client properties use derived names and namespace descriptions. Profile and event property lists share this mapping.

Changes

Property action formatting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared property mapping apps/start/src/components/report/sidebar/PropertiesCombobox.tsx	Adds toPropertyAction and uses it for profile and event properties. The helper preserves raw values and formats reserved and prefixed client properties.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 64b3a

This localized change clarifies built-in versus client-sent properties in the picker without changing saved report values or generated filters, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: displaying built-in properties with a "$" marker in the dashboard property picker.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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