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better support for copying complex objects

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, typescript
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by tracing the copy behavior from the Variables view for a string list; the issue does not name a file or test. Reproduce the case and compare the clipboard result with the displayed complex object, with the actual string array rather than size=2 marking completion.

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Description

ai-triaged enhancement evaluation feature request

Currently when copying a string list in Variables view, it returns the data as size=2 to the clipboard instead of the actual string array.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
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Avg merge
1d 9h
Merged PRs (30d)
19

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