PowerShell / PowerShell/vscode-powershell
Make file paths with spaces in the console work as clickable links
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Area-UI
Feature: VS Code
Issue-Enhancement
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
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Description
System Details
System Details Output
### VSCode version: 1.34.0 a622c65b2c713c890fcf4fbf07cf34049d5fe758 x64
### VSCode extensions:
alefragnani.project-manager@10.5.2
CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer-2@0.0.28
donjayamanne.githistory@0.4.6
DotJoshJohnson.xml@2.4.0
eamodio.gitlens@9.8.1
GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github@0.7.0
HookyQR.beautify@1.5.0
mechatroner.rainbow-csv@1.1.1
monokai.theme-monokai-pro-vscode@1.1.13
ms-vscode.powershell@2019.5.0
PKief.material-icon-theme@3.8.0
pnp.polacode@0.3.2
Shan.code-settings-sync@3.2.9
shd101wyy.markdown-preview-enhanced@0.4.0
WakaTime.vscode-wakatime@2.1.2
yzhang.markdown-all-in-one@2.3.1
Zignd.html-css-class-completion@1.19.0
### PSES version: 1.12.1.0
### PowerShell version:
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.18362.113
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.18362.113
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
Issue Description
When something is broken, and an error is thrown VSCode allows you to ctrl+click link to link to file. This is great, but it doesn't work with the path that has spaces in them.

Expected Behaviour
Should work with paths with spaces.
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 reproducing the issue in the VS Code integrated console using an error whose file path contains spaces, then trace the PowerShell extension's handling of clickable error links. The work is done when Ctrl+click opens the correct file for paths with spaces, while existing file links continue to work.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100