microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Use VS Code CustomEditor API for Configuration UI
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Feature Request
Feature: Configuration
Language Service
Visual Studio Code
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 6.2k
- Forks
- 1.7k
- Avg merge
- 14h 46m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 61
Description
C++ extension currently has their C++ Configuration UI in a web view, can use the VS Code Custom Editor API Proposal: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/77131
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 reviewing the existing C++ Configuration UI web view and the VS Code CustomEditor API proposal linked in the issue. The issue does not name files, tests, or acceptance criteria, so determine the migration scope and define what equivalent configuration behavior must be preserved before implementation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100