Ability to disable opening the file when selecting widget from Widget Explorer
- Dominant language
- Dart
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Description
In VS Code, when I am only interested in viewing the widget in the Layout Explorer, opening the file takes a lot of space + it moves all panes in undesirable way.
It'd be nice to have a way to disable the `file opener` or have a separate action to open the file (right click menu or cmd+click combination).
```
devtools version: 2.25.0
VS Code version: 1.83.1
Dart extension: v3.74.0
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing the Widget Explorer's file opener behavior in the Dart DevTools codebase and review the issue discussion for the expected interaction. Compare disabling the opener with a separate open-file action, then verify that selecting a widget can leave the Layout Explorer panes undisturbed while the file remains available through the chosen action.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- dart, vscode
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100