microsoft / microsoft/monaco-editor

[Feature Request] How to implement a peek window in Monaco Editor and customize its content, for example, to display a diff editor?

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Description

[Feature Request] How to implement a peek window in Monaco Editor and customize its content, for example, to display a diff editor?
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The issue provides no file, test, or Monaco Editor Playground entry point to start from. First identify the existing peek-window implementation and its extension points, then define how custom content such as a diff editor should be supplied and verify the behavior in a focused example or test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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