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Feature to delete single object from variables pane
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area: variables
enhancement
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Enhancement request: In the Variables pane, there is a button to "Delete all objects". It would be great if each row of the Variables pane gained a button like this to delete a single object at a time, basically doing what rm(x) would do in R.
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 Variables pane implementation and the existing "Delete all objects" action. Add a per-row delete control with the equivalent of rm(x), then verify that deleting one object removes only that row while leaving the other variables available.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100