NON-CRITICAL: Playground Settings > Disable Definition Files breaks many plugin tabs

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#2,968 opened on Oct 29, 2023 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 45/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: typescript
Domain: frontend, tooling

Research direction

Start at the TypeScript Playground settings and plugin handling for the Definition Files option, then inspect the reported "process is not defined" error in tsWorker.js. Reproduce the steps at https://www.typescriptlang.org/play with plugins, Prettier, and Format on Save enabled. Done means disabling Definition Files no longer makes plugin tabs unusable or removes Format on Save.

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Description

Page URL: https://www.typescriptlang.org/play?

Issue: Disable Definition Files breaks many plugin tabs

Step 1: Enable plugins, Preitter, Format on Save, (I also have TypeScript Json Schema)

Step 2: Observe the plugin menu and that everything works

Step 3: Go to Settings and disable Definition Files, And refresh the page

Step 4: Observe Prettier Tab is visible but unselectable,

Step 5: Observe Format on Save is missing

Something about "process is not defined" in tsWorker.js

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