Tabs API does not allow to identify internal tabs #158853
Description
Type: Bug
If you set a listener to vscode.window.tabGroups.onDidChangeTabs, you will only get an undefined for tab.input when switching to the "Settings" or the "Keyboard Shortcuts".
vscode.window.tabGroups.onDidChangeTabs((tabs) => {
if (tabs.changed.length) {
tabs.changed.forEach(tab => {
console.log(tab.input);
})
}
});
Since the tab object does not contain any meaningful usable indication of what the user is actually looking at (except for the label, which is language dependent though), it is not possible to build a complete replacement for the "Open Editors" panel.
Here an internal uri object (with path: "vscode://settings") would be useful, so that one can open the tab via vscode.open as with all other tab items.
VS Code version: Code 1.70.2 (e4503b3, 2022-08-16T05:35:13.448Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22000
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-8130U CPU @ 2.20GHz (4 x 2208) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 7.91GB (0.49GB free) |
| Process Argv | --crash-reporter-id f99464a5-8822-46d7-a621-d6395d9680b9 --crash-reporter-id f99464a5-8822-46d7-a621-d6395d9680b9 |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Remote | WSL: Ubuntu |
| OS | Linux x64 5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2 |
| CPUs | Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-8130U CPU @ 2.20GHz (4 x 2207) |
| Memory (System) | 3.79GB (0.66GB free) |
| VM | 0% |