microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
QuickInfo shows icon and name of item type
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Description

We're showing the purple cube that means method but also the text (method). It should be unnecessary to show both. Likewise:

We're showing the interface icon and the word interface.
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No file, test, or entry point is named. Trace the QuickInfo rendering path responsible for displaying item icons and type names, then verify that method and interface items no longer show redundant text while retaining their icons.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100