New .NET 11 WinForms design-time analyzer help links redirect to an incorrect webpage
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 66/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop-dev, documentation
Research direction
The issue names diagnostics WFO3000 and WFO3002 from the new WinForms design-time analyzer, so start by finding where their DiagnosticDescriptor help link URIs are defined in the analyzer source. Check the URI each descriptor sets, since the report says it currently opens a Bing search instead of the WinForms analyzer docs. Done means both links resolve to the correct documentation page, which you can confirm by checking the URI values, or by building and opening the link from the Error List.
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Description
.NET version
.NET 11 SDK: 11.0.100-rtm.26477.103
Did it work in .NET Framework?
Not tested/verified
Did it work in any of the earlier releases of .NET Core or .NET 5+?
New .NET 11 WinForms design-time analyzer
Issue description
The help links for the new .NET 11 WinForms design-time analyzer diagnostics redirect to an incorrect webpage.
This issue can be reproduced with both errors and warnings.
For example:
- WFO3000: The diagnostic code itself provides a clickable help link.
- WFO3002: A help link is displayed in the diagnostic description.
Clicking these links redirects to Bing instead of the corresponding WinForms analyzer documentation.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c94bedb0-01eb-48bc-a3b0-f423c09a85c6
Steps to reproduce
- Create a WinForms project targeting .NET 11.
- Trigger a new WinForms design-time analyzer diagnostic, such as WFO3000 or WFO3002.
- Open Error List in Visual Studio.
- Click the help link associated with the diagnostic:
- For WFO3000, click the diagnostic code.
- For WFO3002, click the help link shown in the description.
- Observe the webpage opened in the browser.
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