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Hyperlink Cmdlets to URL in Related Links Help section
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Description
I have worked with other VS Code Extensions that hyperlink certain symbols to a web site help page. Get-Help cmdlet -Online provides this functionality in the console and "Get Online Help" is available in the context menu. It would be helpful if I could Ctrl+Click on a cmdlet to open the help URL in the browser.
Here's an example with Terraform.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the VS Code extension entry points that handle cmdlet symbols, Related Links help, and the existing "Get Online Help" context-menu action. Compare the requested Ctrl+Click behavior with the Terraform example and verify that a cmdlet opens the corresponding online help URL without disrupting existing help actions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- documentation, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100