Refactor → Move to a new file

[twiddler]

I often need to extract TypeScript functions to new files. In Visual Studio Code, I can do this by right-clicking the function/const/… and selecting "Refactor → Move to a new file":

I haven't found anything similar in helix. Did I overlook something? If not, would someone involved with the project like to implement this feature? 🙏

[icorbrey]

This kind of action is usually provided by a language server. What do you have running for JS/TS?

[twiddler]

typescript-language-server v4.3.3 from nixpkgs as suggested by the default config.

:lsp-workspace-commanddoes show some commands, but e.g. selecting _typescript.organizeImports doesn't do anything. I would have expected it to remove Container.

~/.cache/helix/helix.log shows

helix_lsp::transport [ERROR] typescript-language-server <- InternalError: Request workspace/executeCommand failed with message: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'startsWith')
helix_view::handlers::lsp [ERROR] Error executing LSP command: protocol error: InternalError: Request workspace/executeCommand failed with message: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'startsWith')

I digged in the docs and source code and tried invoking it with arguments, e.g. :lsp-workspace-command _typescript.organizeImports "${buffer_name}", but I can't make it work.