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Allow Ctrl+Enter to run selected inline code in Positron
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Description
When working in Quarto (.qmd) documents in Positron, Ctrl+Enter only executes code inside code chunks. If code is written in the markdown body (inline code), selecting it and pressing Ctrl+Enter results in the error message:
"Editor selection is not within an executable cell."
In RStudio, selecting R code anywhere in an R Markdown or Quarto document and pressing Ctrl+Enter sends the selection to the R console. This makes exploratory work and inline calculations much faster.
Request
Allow Ctrl+Enter (or the equivalent run-selection command) to send selected inline code to the active console.
Example
If the cursor is inside the inline expression r a, pressing Ctrl+Enter should send a to the console and return: [1] 1
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Research direction
Start at the Ctrl+Enter or run-selection command for Quarto .qmd documents and trace how selections are checked for executable cells. Reproduce the inline r a example in Positron, then verify the selected expression is sent to the active R console and returns [1] 1.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r, typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100