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`View()` sidebar workspace viewer/panel fails to render

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Description

Describe the bug
R View() panel fails to render objects

To Reproduce
It works for some data frames/ plots and not others

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Install R VS-Code extension
  2. open an R file
  3. View() an R data frame, either by calling View(object) from the attached R console, or by using the sidebar
  4. the viewer stays empty

Do you want to fix by self? (We hope your help!)

No- due to lack of experience with electron or js

(If yes,) what kind of help do you want? (e.g. Which file should I fix, Survey (related documents)

Expected behavior
The sidebar should render the R object

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Environment (please complete the following information):

  • OS: macOS 12.5.1
  • VSCode Version: 1.71.2
  • R Version: 4.2.1
  • vscode-R version: 2.5.3 (from the marketplace)

Additional context
I basically ran into the same issue as in here
I tried to delete my settings.json, and even reinstall vs-code (from homebrew).

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the empty View() sidebar with an R data frame or plot using the listed VS Code, R, and vscode-R versions, then compare it with issue #519. Done means the sidebar renders the R object consistently for cases that currently remain empty.

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Assessment

Tech stack
electron, r, typescript, vscode
Domain
desktop, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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