eclipse-lsp4e / eclipse-lsp4e/lsp4e

Would it be possible to have previews of quickfixes in Eclipse?

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Description

Would it maybe be possible to have previews of quickfixes & refactorings in LSP4e using Eclipse frameworks? VSCode, for example allows this by using CMD+ENTER on a code action.

In Eclipse, I could imagine that https://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-LTK/ltk.html or the built-in diff viewer could be used - asking the LS to execute the code action and then diff the current file content against the returned text edit.

WDYT?

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Research direction

Start by reading the Eclipse LTK article linked in the issue and reviewing the built-in diff viewer. Then trace how LSP4e currently executes code actions and how returned text edits could be compared with the current file content. Done means users can preview quickfixes and refactorings before applying them.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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