PowerShell / PowerShell/vscode-powershell
Windows spawned from integrated console are hidden behind VS Code window
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Description
Update
This is an issue in VSCode that the PowerShell extension has no control over. In fact it's an issue in electron that has yet to be fixed.
To resolve this issue, we are waiting on a solution from VSCode.
Original Issue
There's a general problem where windows spawned from within the PowerShell process are being shown below the VS Code window, more than likely because their window parent is a non-visible powershell.exe process. I need to check if there's a way to set powershell.exe's window parent to VS Code so that windows spawned from within are ultimately parented to VS Code's window instead.
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 with the linked VS Code issue #42356 and the referenced Electron issue; the report states that the PowerShell extension has no control over this behavior. There are no repository files or tests named, and completion depends on an upstream VS Code or Electron fix.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, powershell, vscode
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100