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The editor (sometimes) loses focus when commands that open an interactive viewer are executed
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Description
Describe the bug
The editor (sometimes) loses focus when commands that open an interactive viewer are executed. We must then click again in the editor to get focus back.
To Reproduce
I am not able to always reproduce, but the editor often loses focus when executing with e.g.:
plot(mpg ~ hp, mtcars)
View(mtcars)
?plot
Can you fix this issue by yourself? (We appreciate the help)
No
Expected behavior
The editor should not lose focus when an interactive viewer is opened.
Environment (please complete the following information):
- OS: all
- VSCode Version: VSCodium 1.106.37943
- R Version: all
- vscode-R version: 2.8.6
Additional context
FWIW, RStudio editor does not lose focus when showing plots (e.g. plot(mpg ~ hp, mtcars)) or help (e.g. ?plot). With default layout, the editor lose focus when showing objects (e.g. View(mtcars)) because the viewer is open "on top" of the editor.
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First steps
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the focus loss with the R commands plot(mpg ~ hp, mtcars), View(mtcars), and ?plot in the described VS Code environment. Trace how opening each interactive viewer affects editor focus, including the default layout behavior for View; done means the editor retains focus whenever an interactive viewer opens.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- desktop-dev, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100