[Excalidraw Extension] Blank custom editor in Gitpod Browser IDE
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editor: code (browser)
meta: never-stale
team: IDE
type: bug
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Bug description
The excalidraw custom editor does not display properly in gitpod.
However, it works fine in github.dev, github codespaces and vscode.
Steps to reproduce
- Open the excalidraw-vscode repository in gitpod
- Install the excalidraw extension
- Open the
examples/text.excalidrawfile
Workspace affected
excalidraw-excalidrawvs-bs2w57wmia6.ws-eu47.gitpod.io
Expected behavior
On github.dev, the test.excalidraw file is shown:
Example repository
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Research direction
Reproduce the blank custom editor by opening the excalidraw-vscode repository in Gitpod, installing the Excalidraw extension, and opening examples/text.excalidraw. Compare the result with github.dev, GitHub Codespaces, or VS Code; done means the custom editor displays the file correctly in Gitpod.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100