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Variables View: Client support for Copy as HTML
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Description
When copying variables to HTML in the environment pane, e.g. from a Python dataframe, the content is pasted as raw HTML syntax, but it should be formatted (or at least without HTML tags showing) in applications that are HTML aware (e.g. Pages, Word, Google Docs).
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 in the Variables View and environment pane code that handles Copy as HTML. Reproduce copying a Python dataframe into Pages, Word, or Google Docs, then trace how the clipboard content is generated. Done means HTML-aware applications render the copied content rather than displaying its tags as raw text.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100