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Improve package tags editor
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- C#
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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:

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
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