posit-dev / posit-dev/positron
Variables: Update metadata for options to describe if they support copy as HTML
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
area: variables
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 4.3k
- Forks
- 184
- Avg merge
- 1d 11h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 206
Description
We won't exhaustively implement copy to HTML for all variables, but a few have been implemented. We need the UI to only show the option when it is supported for the variable type.
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 locating the variable metadata and the UI that renders copy options. Trace how variable types are represented and how the copy-as-HTML option is shown; done means the option appears only for types that support copy as HTML.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100