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Highlight row and column when selecting elements in DataExplorer
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Description
System details:
Positron and OS details:
Positron Version: 2025.11.0 (user setup) build 7
Code - OSS Version: 1.103.O
Commit: 770171 b8188d9f6f3d2bb1 bdfc45b15bbc9a9c8f
Date: (3 days ago)
Electron: 37.2.3
Chromium: 138.0.7204.100
Node.js: 22.17.0
V8: 13.8.500258-electron.O
OS: Windows NT 10.0.26100
Session details:
R 4.4.2
Describe the issue:
When selecting an element in DataExplorer, I sometimes want to know which row that element is on.
I'm aware of the "Select row"-feature, but it doesn't work when I select/highlight multiple elements to view their row range.
Expected or desired behavior:
I'd prefer to have both the rows(s) and columns(s) of the selected elements in the DataExplorer highlighted when selecting elements.
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 at the DataExplorer selection behavior described in the issue and compare it with the existing "Select row" feature. Verify how multi-element selections expose row and column ranges, then confirm completion when both corresponding rows and columns are highlighted.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100