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Add command to open AST node type declaration in AST Viewer

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start with the AST Viewer and its handling of selected AST Nodes, then trace how node labels such as [Namespace] MyNamespace are exposed. The change is complete when selecting a type-bearing node provides a command that opens the corresponding underlying QL type declaration.

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Description

enhancement VSCode

When a user selects an AST Node in the AST Viewer, there should be a way to open the underlying QL type declaration.

To simplify things, we will assume that all AST Nodes that correspond to types have the type name in labels. Eg- [Namespace] MyNamespace.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
539
Forks
240
Avg merge
2d 6h
Merged PRs (30d)
29

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