VSCodeVim / VSCodeVim/Vim

Show commands in a hover window next to the cursor

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
In Command-line mode, it's hard to see what's being typed by the small print in the status bar at the bottom.

Describe the solution you'd like
Display input in a pop-up window next to the cursor.

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the Command-line mode implementation and the existing status-bar input rendering, then determine how a cursor-adjacent popup should behave. Done means command input appears in a popup next to the cursor and the behavior is covered by appropriate tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
frontend, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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