posit-dev / posit-dev/positron

Data Viewer: context menu has a (useless?) option

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area: data explorer support
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Description

When right clicking on the tab name of a data viewer editor, one of the context menu options is "Reopen editor with...". Nothing seems to happen when this is clicked, maybe this optoin doesn't make sense for data viewers.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in a data viewer editor: right-click the tab name and select “Reopen editor with...”. Trace the data viewer’s tab context-menu handling to determine whether this option is intentionally unsupported. Done should mean the menu behavior is corrected and verified for data viewer editors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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