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Data Apps: Run app buttons show the wrong app type in unfocused editor groups
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Since Sep 8, 2026.
area: data apps
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Description
With a Shiny app.R and a Dash app.py open side by side, focusing the Python file makes the R editor's play button read "Run Dash App in Terminal"; focusing the R file makes the Python editor's button read "Run Shiny App".
Each editor's run/debug app actions should reflect that editor's own document, regardless of which editor is focused.
"Run Dash App" in Shiny R app editor:
"Run Shiny App" in Dash app editor:
Also happens across Python apps like Flash and Dash.
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