dotnet / dotnet/project-system

Improve package tags editor

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Description

Today, the set of tags added to a package is given as a single string in a text box.

We explain this is intended to be semicolon delimited, but clearly we didn't get that right in the past as our own MS.VS.PS.Managed.VS package has:

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/350947/201547728-d841b03c-eab1-4a01-ab56-1983e4fffaa0.png)

We could add a new kind of editor for semicolon-delimited strings like this, similar to what we do for name/value pairs.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by locating the existing name/value pair editor used in the package editor and inspect how package tags are currently edited. The work is complete when semicolon-delimited tags can be edited as separate values without producing malformed tag strings, with the relevant editor behavior verified.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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