microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
Inlay hints look awkward for callback parameters with a single parameter
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Domain: LS: Inlay Hints
Experience Enhancement
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Rescheduled
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Description
When you have a callback whose parameter has no parentheses, inlay hints starts to look a little bit weird.
For example, in this code
return hints.map(hint => ({
...hint,
position: scriptInfo.positionToLineOffset(hint.position),
}));
you get the following:

Ideally, you'd see that line rewritten as
callbackfn: (hint: InlayHint) => ({
```
Contributor guide
First steps
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- 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
Start by reproducing the callback example in the issue and tracing the inlay hints implementation that formats single-parameter arrow callbacks. Compare the current display with the requested callbackfn: (hint: InlayHint) => ( wording. Done means the parameter hint is presented without the awkward layout and existing inlay-hint tests still pass.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100