posit-dev / posit-dev/positron
Provide a `View()` and Data-Explorer-like experience for list objects
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Description
In Positron, we represent list objects in our Variables pane with quite a lot of detail:
Early users have shared they would like to be able to explore this kind of view with more space in its own tab, like the Data Explorer. In RStudio, you can get a whole pane like that by doing View(my_amazing_model):
In Positron, View() errors on anything that is not rectangular.
cc @hadley
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 existing View() handling and the list-object experience in the Variables pane, then compare how the Data Explorer opens its own tab. Done means View() no longer errors for non-rectangular list objects and provides a larger, Data Explorer-like tab for exploring them.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- r, typescript
- Domain
- data, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100