redhat-developer / redhat-developer/lsp4ij

Stale syntax highlighting can be left when formatting

Open
#739 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
Java
Stars
344
Forks
113
Avg merge
5h 22m
Merged PRs (30d)
15

Description

I think this image should show the issue quite clearly:

Image

I haven't looked into it, but my guess is that when formatting edits are applied, any existing text attributes that are on what has now become whitespace will need to be erased as well.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing the formatting-edit handling in the Java code and how text attributes are retained when edits create whitespace. Reproduce the stale syntax-highlighting behavior shown in the attached image, then verify that formatting edits no longer leave attributes on whitespace.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.