microsoft / microsoft/sarif-web-component
Highlight is wrong when snippet has leading white space
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
If you open this SARIF file:
SnippetWithLeadingWhiteSpace.sarif.txt
... in VS and click on the one result, you see this:
... which is right. But the Web viewer strips the leading white space from the offending line, but doesn't adjust the highlight position, so you see this:
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue by opening the linked SnippetWithLeadingWhiteSpace.sarif.txt in the Web viewer and selecting its result, then compare the rendering with the VS example. Trace the viewer's handling of leading whitespace and highlight positioning; done means the offending line retains its leading whitespace and the highlight aligns with the intended text.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100