fregante/GhostText

VS Code does not focus on the right editor

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#274 opened on Mar 21, 2023

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Description

GhostText just created a tab in a minimized workspace and then brought the whole app to focus (with the AppleScript command)

There must be a better way than this:

https://github.com/fregante/GhostText-for-VSCode/blob/b24b0bb98117302685906772ecfbd0a7aea45f6a/source/extension.ts#L42-L46

Last attempt:

This is because GhostText runs once per workspace, so the minimized one was the one that was running the server:

Possible solution:

  • Use vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders to find the front-most workspace maybe

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Research direction
Investigate how GhostText selects which workspace window to focus. Review the AppleScript command used to bring the app to focus and see if you can target the correct workspace window using VSCode API like vscode.window.showTextDocument or workspace folders. Check the linked PR for previous attempts.
Tech stack
javascripttypescript
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developer experiencetooling
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3
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JavaScriptVS Code extension development
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