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Add "Run cells in section" in Quarto outline
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Description
System details:
Positron and OS details:
Positron Version: 2026.03.0 build 123
Code - OSS Version: 1.108.0
Commit: 2faec0c525b2d8837e8f1c8efc849c68b5d3608b
Date: 2026-02-19T07:45:06.979Z
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0
Describe the issue:
It would be useful to have a "Run cells in section" button next to every section in the outline for Quarto documents.
This currently exists in Jupyter Notebooks and I seem to recall it from the Quarto extension in VS Code.
This refers to the "native" outline but would also be useful in the "mini" outline in Quarto Visual Editor.
Steps to reproduce the issue:
Expected or desired behavior:
Were there any error messages in the UI, Output panel, or Developer Tools console?
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the native outline implementation and the mini outline in the Quarto Visual Editor, then compare the existing “Run cells in section” action in Jupyter Notebooks. Trace how outline sections expose actions and how section cell ranges are run. Done means every Quarto outline section offers the requested action in the relevant outline views.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- jupyter, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100