Add "developer: inspect chat model" action #285707
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Pull request overview
This PR adds a new "Inspect Chat Model" developer action that allows developers to view the internal state of chat models in a markdown viewer, showing both the latest response and the full model data as JSON. It also improves the chat widget service to properly track the last focused widget on initialization and cleanup.
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- Added a new developer action
InspectChatModelActionthat opens the chat model's JSON representation in an untitled markdown editor - Enhanced
ChatWidgetServiceto set the last focused widget on registration when no widget is currently focused, and to clear it when the focused widget is disposed
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src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/actions/chatDeveloperActions.ts |
Adds new InspectChatModelAction that retrieves chat model data and displays it in markdown format with the latest response shown first |
src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/widget/chatWidgetService.ts |
Ensures lastFocusedWidget is set when the first widget is registered and cleared when the focused widget is disposed |
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| await editorService.openEditor({ | ||
| resource: undefined, | ||
| contents: output, | ||
| languageId: 'markdown', | ||
| options: { | ||
| pinned: true | ||
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| }); |
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Consider using the satisfies IUntitledTextResourceEditorInput keyword for type safety, similar to the pattern used in chatCodeblockActions.ts. This ensures the object literal is properly typed and catches any type errors at compile time.
Tyriar
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