microsoft / microsoft/vscode-edge-devtools
Support multiple screencast windows
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
This specifically would improve the experience when clicking on links which open in a new window/tab (e.g. click on the GitHub icon in the top-right of webhint.io).
Currently the screencast stays on the original tab/window so it can appear that clicking on the link did nothing. However you can see the new tab listed in the targets view of the extension (and you can switch the screencast to it using that view).
However, it would be much more obvious what was happening if a new screencast tab opened in VS Code instead (and the old one remained as well). It would also make it easier to debug multiple pages at once (assuming multiple DevTools instances could also be opened).
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 tracing the extension's screencast behavior when a link opens a new browser tab, and compare it with the targets view that can already switch the active screencast. Define completion as opening a new VS Code screencast tab while retaining the original, with multiple pages independently debuggable where supported.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100