microsoft / microsoft/vscode-css-languageservice

Hover tooltips not working for values

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Description

Example:

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If I hover the color-mix property, I get a popup for the property name fill instead. I would want to be able to hover values and get direct references/explanations from MDN for them. This would be a huge productivity boost.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue by hovering the color-mix value in the CSS language service and compare the popup with the fill property reference shown. Trace the hover behavior and MDN reference handling, then verify that CSS values provide direct explanations or references without breaking property hover tooltips.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css, typescript
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
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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