taking into account the last rendering position of the active session

Author: aiday-mar

src/vs/workbench/contrib/inlineChat/browser/inlineChatController.ts

@@ -272,7 +272,22 @@ export class InteractiveEditorController implements IEditorContribution {
 		console.log('initialRender : ', initialRender);
 		assertType(this._activeSession);
 		const selectionRange = this._activeSession.wholeRange.value;
-		this._zone.value.showWidget(selectionRange, this._strategy?.getWidgetPosition(initialRender, selectionRange));
+
+		if (!initialRender) {
+			if (this._activeSession.lastPosition) {
+				this._zone.value.showWidget(selectionRange, this._activeSession.lastPosition);
+			} else {
+				const widgetPosition = this._strategy?.getWidgetPosition(initialRender, selectionRange);
+				this._activeSession.lastPosition = widgetPosition;
+				this._zone.value.showWidget(selectionRange, widgetPosition);
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (this._activeSession.lastPosition) {
+				this._zone.value.showWidget(selectionRange, this._activeSession.lastPosition);
+			} else {
+				this._zone.value.showWidget(selectionRange, this._strategy?.getWidgetPosition(initialRender, selectionRange));
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	private async [State.INIT_UI](options: InteractiveEditorRunOptions | undefined): Promise<State.WAIT_FOR_INPUT | State.SHOW_RESPONSE | State.APPLY_RESPONSE> {

src/vs/workbench/contrib/inlineChat/browser/inlineChatSession.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { toErrorMessage } from 'vs/base/common/errorMessage';
 import { isCancellationError } from 'vs/base/common/errors';
 import { LineRangeMapping } from 'vs/editor/common/diff/linesDiffComputer';
 import { ISingleEditOperation } from 'vs/editor/common/core/editOperation';
+import { Position } from 'vs/editor/common/core/position';
 
 export type Recording = {
 	when: Date;
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ export class Session {
 	private _lastExpansionState: ExpansionState | undefined;
 	private _lastTextModelChanges: readonly LineRangeMapping[] | undefined;
 	private _isUnstashed: boolean = false;
+	private _lastPosition: Position | undefined;
 	private readonly _exchange: SessionExchange[] = [];
 	private readonly _startTime = new Date();
 	private readonly _teldata: Partial<TelemetryData>;
@@ -155,6 +157,14 @@ export class Session {
 		return this._lastInput;
 	}
 
+	get lastPosition() {
+		return this._lastPosition;
+	}
+
+	set lastPosition(position: Position | undefined) {
+		this._lastPosition = position;
+	}
+
 	get lastExpansionState(): ExpansionState | undefined {
 		return this._lastExpansionState;
 	}