On Dashboard have a button to open a blank workspace
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component: dashboard
meta: never-stale
team: webapp
type: feature request
user experience
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
It would be nice and fast to be able to open a blank workspace kind of the equivalent of a Dockerfile that just says
FROM gitpod/workspace-full:latest
A button on the dashboard that just opens a snapshot of a blank workspace could be very useful for anyone wanting to do some quick development.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by locating the dashboard entry point and the existing workspace-creation flow, then trace how a workspace snapshot or Dockerfile-based environment is opened. Done means the dashboard exposes a button that reliably opens a blank workspace using the requested base environment.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- dockerfile, typescript
- Domain
- cloud, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100