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Python variable updates blink a second time if you click in the variables pane
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area: variables
bug
lang: python
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Positron Version:
main as of 5/31
Steps to reproduce the issue:
- Execute Python code that creates or updated one or more new variables
- Click in the variables pane
- The updated variables flash a second time
https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/assets/329591/9345fc74-2a2a-4e5e-bdf7-24ac28884f9c
What did you expect to happen?
The variables to only flash once
Were there any error messages in the output or Developer Tools console?
No
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue by running Python code that creates or updates variables, then clicking in the variables pane. Trace the variables pane update and refresh handling to determine why the updated variables flash again; done means the variables flash only once and no errors appear in the output or Developer Tools console.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100