Vscode: Iteration Plan for May 2020

[kieferrm]

This plan captures our work in May. We will ship in early June. This is a 4-week 5-week iteration. (We extended the iteration by one week on 05/18/2020.)

Endgame

• June 1st, 2020: Endgame begins
• June 5th, 2020: Endgame done

The endgame details for this iteration are tracked in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/98811.

Plan Items

Below is a summary of the top level plan items.

Legend of annotations:

| Mark | Description |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| :runner: | work in progress |
| :hand: | blocked task |
| :muscle: | stretch goal for this iteration |
| :red_circle: | missing issue reference |
| :large_blue_circle: | more investigation required to remove uncertainty |
| :black_circle: | under discussion within the team |

Accessibility

• [x] Keyboard shortcuts to set start and end selection https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/95894 @isidorn
• [x] Investigate into contentEditable for the hidden accessibility 'textArea' https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97154 @isidorn
• [x] Accessibility issues, see query @isidorn
• [x] Community call https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97519 @sana-ajani @isidorn

Workbench

• [ ] :runner: Use encrypted keychain for account management https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/95475 @rmacfarlane
• [x] Polish auth provider UX: soft-login, managing trusted extensions https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/96367 @rmacfarlane
• [x] Stablize and polish workbench drag n' drop query @sbatten
• [ ] :runner: :muscle: Enable rich hovers across the workbench (custom trees, terminal) https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97496 @tyriar @alexdima
• [x] Finalize Custom Editor support https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/77131 @mjbvz
• [x] Dynamically update trusted domains based on repositort remote and GH id https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97532 @jacksonkearl
• [x] Improve the settings sync views https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/93960 @sandy081
• [ ] :runner: Provide in core implementation for notebooks https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/91987 @rebornix @jrieken @roblourens @weinand @connor4312
• [x] Allow to pin tabs https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/98558 @bpasero
• [x] Support undoing textual edits in text buffers that were disposed https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/92272 @alexdima
• [x] Support undo/redo in Notebook as in a single document https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/92811 @alexdima
• [ ] :runner: Supporting to customize the product icons https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/92791 @aeschli @misolori
• [ ] :runner: Improve first run experience (open editors, npm scripts, ...) https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/98614 @misolori
• [ ] :runner: Provide object editing support in the settings editor https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/93598 @9at8

Editor

• [x] Improve line terminator handling to support different programming language rules https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/96142 @alexdima

Languages

• [x] Investigate resolving and inserting additional text edits asynchronously https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/96779 @jrieken
• [x] Explore API to expose standard token types https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/91555 @jrieken

LSP / LSIF

• [x] Explore batched LSP requests https://github.com/microsoft/language-server-protocol/issues/988 @dbaeumer

TypeScript/JavaScript

• [x] Adopt TS 3.9.x to ship with VS Code https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97959 @mjbvz

Debug

• [x] Polish the support for dynamic debug configurations https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/96293, https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/95863, https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/95836 @isidorn @weinand
• [ ] :runner: Improve the single file debug experience https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/92269 @weinand @isidorn
• [ ] :runner: Explore how to make the debug terminal easier to discover https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/98054 @connor4312
• [x] Ensure correct error output in the js-debug terminal @connor4312 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-js-debug/issues/462 @connor4312
• [x] Ensure all our debug adapters deal correctly with error-telemetry https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-js-debug/issues/464 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97628 @connor4312 @isidorn
• [x] Verify liveshare works with js-debug https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-js-debug/issues/463 @connor4312
• [x] Support StepInTarget in the UI https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/90793 @isidorn @weinand

DAP

• [x] Support Stepping Granularities https://github.com/microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol/issues/110 @weinand
• [x] Support memory reference breakpoints https://github.com/microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol/issues/102 @weinand

SCM

• [ ] :runner: Make SCM view(s) moveable https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/90461 @sbatten @joaomoreno

API

• API finalization: query
• API proposals: query

Web

• [x] Indicate when a breakpoint is hit in the browser tab @bpasero @isidorn
• [x] Improve support for embedder-defined layouts https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/96939 @eamodio
• [x] Enrich yarn web to include GH support https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97708 @bpasero @eamodio
• [x] Investigate running the 'CSS Language Features extension' in yarn web https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97701 @aeschli @dbaeumer

Extensions

• [x] Support to eventually activate an extension on startup https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/98083 @alexdima
• [x] Enhance hovers by enabling rendering of some HTML https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/40607 @alexr00
• [x] Guide users of the Auto Rename Tag extension to the new editor.renameOnType setting https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97700 @aeschli

Extension Contributions

• [x] Improvements to the Remote extensions https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/2973 team
• [x] Improvements to the GitHub PR and Issues extension https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github/issues/1788 @alexr00
• [x] Implement a hex editor using the custom editor API https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/98105 @lramos15

Install

• [x] Explore msix installer for VS Code on Windows https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/61793 @lszomoru @joaomoreno @sbatten

Engineering

• [ ] :runner: Explore node-free renderer processes https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/92164 @bpasero @deepak1556
• [x] Review our handling of URI across the workbench (critical for notebook support) https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97881 @jrieken
• [x] Report crash reports that occur during builds with new --crash-reporter-directory CLI option @bpasero
• [x] Adopt eslint for vscode-extension-samples https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97476 @mjbvz
• [x] Investigate into an ARM product build for Windows https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/33620 @joaomoreno

Bots

• [X] Support roll-out of automated issues classification https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97533 @jacksonkearl
• [X] Increase discoverability of existing bot actions via a browser extension https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97534 @jacksonkearl
• [X] Provide bot action to notify issue followers when fixes/features are released in Insiders https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97536 @jacksonkearl

Electron

• [ ] :runner: Investigate start-up performance issues when using electron 8 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97638 @deepak1556 @jrieken
• [ ] electron bug fixes @deepak1556
  
  
  
  • [x] Split the helper entitlements on macOS https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/94728
  
  
  • [ ] :hand: Adopt new version of gulp-atom-electron https://github.com/joaomoreno/gulp-atom-electron/pull/59
  
  
  • [ ] Custom titlebar on windows overflows when moving from hiDPI displays https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/85592
  
  
  • [x] Update MS electron crash-reporter patch to accommodate refactor from OSS electron https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/23265
  
  
  • [x] Dialog message not read out by screen reader https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/14234
  
  
• [ ] :runner: :muscle: OOPIF support with custom protocols for desktop https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/83188 @mjbvz @deepak1556
• [ ] :hand: Enable LayoutNG by backporting chromium patch https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/88873 @deepak1556

Documentation

• None.

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Deferred Items from previous iteration(s)

• Support to preview refactoring changes for other refactorings than Rename https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/77728 @jrieken @mjbvz
• Explore support for extensions to contribute a welcome page and release notes https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/83451 @sandy081
• Investigate into the performance of the Bracket Pair Colorizer extension @alexdima
• Provide an extension to find VS Code API references in the samples and popular extensions https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/98077 @dbaeumer
• Improve support for git commands https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/98047 @eamodio @joaomoreno
• :muscle: Adopt GH account for issues reporter https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/95165 @rmacfarlane
• :muscle: Kick-off for custom views with WebView contents https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/83911 @mjbvz
• :muscle: Investigate support of webview debugging https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/96626 @connor4312 @weinand
• :muscle: Investigate SDK deprecations for the Azure Account extensions https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-azure-account/issues/140 @rmacfarlane
• :muscle: Provide guidelines for extension authors how to adopt the GH auth provider @rmacfarlane

[CoenraadS]

Hello @alexdima

I see investigating my extension "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer" is on the list.

I actually have 2 versions, the second one is this one: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer-2

The first one is unmaintained. Feel free to contact me, as my code is very confusing and has no tests... I am sure I am doing something inefficient with the decorations 🐬

That being said, most of the slowness is probably due to people using the old extension. Maybe I should just de-publish it.

[Poopooracoocoo]

uh what happened to the msix installer