microsoft / microsoft/monaco-editor

[Feature Request] Add API for getting the currently viewed diff and total diffs in the IDiffEditor

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Description

It would be nice to be able to get these two things from the IDiffEditor:

  1. Which diff is the currently one being viewed
  2. How many diffs there are in the file currently being viewed
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Research direction

Start by locating the IDiffEditor declaration and the existing diff-navigation API. Determine how the currently viewed diff and total diff count should be represented, then verify that the API exposes both values for the file being viewed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
api, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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