microsoft / microsoft/copilot-for-eclipse
[Feat] Hovering over a ghost text should offer further suggestions
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Java
- Stars
- 126
- Forks
- 60
- Avg merge
- 2d 6h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 5
Description
GitHub Copilot in Eclipse already suggest some text while typing. When hovering over such ghost texts, the GitHub Copilot Eclipse plugin should offer further suggestions, similar to vs code.
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
Start by locating the Eclipse plugin's existing ghost-text suggestion and hover handling, then compare the requested interaction with the VS Code behavior referenced in the issue. Define the hover flow and verify that hovering over ghost text offers further suggestions without disrupting normal typing.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- desktop, devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100