posit-dev / posit-dev/positron
Consider suppressing Welcome panel when opening a non-empty directory
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Description
System details:
Positron and OS details:
Positron Version: 2024.12.0 (Universal) build 96
Code - OSS Version: 1.93.0
Commit: c5ce275dc502f6b15433b271802cb33e1ba5ef68
Date: 2024-11-28T02:47:29.898Z
Electron: 30.4.0
Chromium: 124.0.6367.243
Node.js: 20.15.1
V8: 12.4.254.20-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.1.0
Describe the issue:
If I do a "New Folder" or "New Project", or just open Positron for the first time, it seems reasonable to show the Welcome panel, which has quick links to create files or open others. But if I do "Open Folder" or even "New Folder from Git", I don't need any of that--I already have a folder open, and it already has code in it. So maybe only show Welcome if there are no files in the workspace?
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reproducing the Welcome panel behavior when opening an empty versus non-empty folder, then locate the code handling workspace opening and panel visibility; done means the panel appears for empty workspaces but not for workspaces that already contain files.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- desktop, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100