Vscode: Iteration Plan for September 2020

[kieferrm]

This plan captures our work in September. We will ship in early October. This is a 4-week iteration. Heads-up: In October we'll have our annual house-keeping iteration.

Endgame

• September 28th, 2020: Endgame begins
• October 2nd, 2020: Endgame done

The endgame details for this iteration are tracked in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/107567.

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 |
| :black_large_square: | a large work item, larger than one iteration |

Accessibility

• [x] Accessibility issues, see query team
• [x] Revisit navigation model of the settings UI https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/104318 @roblourens @sana-ajani

Workbench

• [ ] :runner: Use encrypted keychain for account management https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/95475 @rmacfarlane @sbatten
• [x] Undo/redo of workspace edit file operations, support linked undo operations https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/101789 @alexdima
• [x] Pinned tabs polish: support to show more context for a pinned tab https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/98161 @bpasero
• [x] Include Select Settings Sync Service... action as part of Settings Sync: Configure... https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/104496 @sandy081
• [ ] :runner: :muscle: Explore the concept of Trusted Workspaces https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106488 @tyriar @lszomoru
• [ ] :runner: :muscle: Investigate predefined file filters search (https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106790) @jacksonkearl

UX

• [ ] :runner: Explore possible integrations between extensions view and GH Sponsors https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/107482 @misolori
• [ ] :runner: :muscle: Explore improvements to welcome pages https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106715 @misolori @jacksonkearl

Notebook Editor

• [x] API to associate a notebook cell document with its notebook https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/102091 @jrieken
• [ ] :runner: Identify and fill API gaps for Live Share https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/102503 @rebornix
• [ ] :runner: Explore improved UX for kernel management https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106519 @misolori
• [ ] :runner: Explore API implications for allowing multiple notebook extensions to share the same file format https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106694 @rebornix @roblourens
• [ ] :runner: Review of the current state of the proposed Notebook API https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106744 @jrieken team

Languages

LSP / LSIF

• [x] LSP: Add support for Codeactions.disabled @dbaeumer
• [x] LSP: Support to defer workspace edit computation for code actions (see also https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106410) @dbaeumer
• [x] Stabilize the LSIF TypeScript indexer so that it can index the source of VS Code and its satellite repositories @dbaeumer

Debug

• [x] Consolidate auto-attach configuration flows https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/105883 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-js-debug/issues/732 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/105963 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97087 @connor4312
• [x] Explore support for theme colors in the flame graph visualizer for js profiles https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-js-debug/issues/756 @connor4312 @misolori
• [x] :muscle: Explore performance view for js-debug @connor4312 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-js-debug/issues/755
• [x] Implement the DAP "invalidate" event (refresh Variables view) https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106745 @isidorn @weinand
• [x] Console polish: show number of filtered console items https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/105866, support to copy all https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/28094 @isidorn
• [x] Remember dynamic launch configurations https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/96293 @isidorn
• [x] Address "path casing" issues for debug https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106382 @isidorn
• [x] Investigate how to show the editor hover while debugging https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/84561 @isidorn @weinand

DAP

Investigations/reviews for:

• [ ] :runner: Support out-of-scope variables (aka "object IDs") https://github.com/microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol/issues/134 @weinand
• [x] Allow conditional exception breakpoints https://github.com/microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol/issues/137 @weinand

Testing

• [ ] :runner: Explore how to improve testing support https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/107467 @connor4312 @sandy081

API

• [x] Explore how to support organizing imports on Paste https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/30066 @mjbvz
• [x] Support to resolve code actions https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106410 (see also https://github.com/microsoft/language-server-protocol/issues/787) @jrieken
• [x] Investigate support for contributing presentations like a Type Hierarchy to the References View https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106929 @jrieken
• API finalization: query
• API proposals: query

Extension Contributions

• [x] Improvements to the Remote extensions https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/3669 team
• [x] Improvements to the GitHub PR and Issues extension https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github/issues/2134 @alexr00 @rmacfarlane @eamodio
• [x] Improve the eslint security warning dialog https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-eslint/issues/1012 @dbaeumer

Engineering

• [x] Support ARM/Raspberry Pi Linux https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/6442 @joaomoreno
• [ ] :runner: Make VSCode Trusted Types compliant https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/103699 @jrieken and team

Bots

• [x] Add support for cc-ing contributors when issues are being labeled https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106682 @jacksonkearl

Electron

• [x] Electron 9 follow-up https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aelectron-9-update @deepak1556

Node.js-free, sandboxed renderer

• [ ] :runner: Backlog https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/92164 @bpasero @deepak1556

Monaco Editor

• [x] Ship a new version of the Monaco Editor - https://github.com/microsoft/monaco-editor/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#0210-21092020 @alexdima

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Deferred Items

• Adopt insider versions of TS 4.1 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106702 @mjbvz
• :red_circle: Improved UI guidelines for custom editors/views @misolori
• LSP: Add support for rename on type @dbaeumer
• Support optional branch selection in the GitHub repository picker https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106664 @joaomoreno
• :muscle: Settings Sync: View doesn't move when view order is changed on another synced machine https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/93909 @sandy081
• :muscle: Settings UI - support a color picker for color settings @lszomoru https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106041
• :muscle: Explore notebook keymap support https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106679 @rebornix @roblourens
• :muscle: Explore extensible markdown rendering for notebooks https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106701 @mjbvz
• :muscle: Improve the inline value support https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/105690 @weinand
• :muscle: Support object favorites https://github.com/microsoft/debug-adapter-protocol/issues/132 @weinand
• :muscle: Investigate into installing the Remote-WSL extension out of the box on Windows https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106759 @joaomoreno @lszomoru
• :muscle: Rework CLI to allow to use the macOS launch service https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/102975 @deepak1556 @bpasero
• :muscle: Stabilize Apple Silicon exploration builds https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/106770 @deepak1556 team

[yubaoquan]

Since electron support background transparent setting, is there a plan of enabling user to set the background of vscode transparent?

[Milo123459]

When tauri becomes stable, do you think VSCode will move to it?
A few perks are that it is very memory efficient, so might be good for the program.
It's planned to become stable around the end of this year.

[idk-pixel]

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[cpoptic]

Is there a plan to add "execution time" for Jupyter notebook cells? I've been seeing screenshots of VS Code notebooks with execution time at the bottom of the cell, but didn't know if this is native in VS Code now or if an extension is required.

If an extension is needed to display notebook cell execution times, which extension is it? Tthanks

[nathan130200]

Since 2016, and #13960 still not fixed... Really?

[m6502]

I second @nathan130200 comment. Please, Virtual Space is an important feature for many people. Many of us have been following this project for a long time but don't make a serious use of it because of #13960.

[nathan130200]

@m6502 Same. They need fix #13960 with high priority importance!

[biosmanager]

@nathan130200 @m6502 I also think virtual space is an essential feature of any text editor and should be implemented with utmost priority!

[hyiltiz]

Please support native libsecret or keyutils support on linux so other projects such as Live Share doesn't have to depend on gnome-keyring; many people use XFCE, KDE or something else.