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Surface MakeCode: Create a share link in VS Code's share menus #146
Description
VS Code surfaces extension-contributed sharing links in dedicated Share menus throughout our product (issue). Here are some examples:
I noticed that MakeCode offers a command to create a link to your MakeCode project and this command seems like a good fit for the Share menus, as discussed with Abhijith Chatra (@abchatra) on Teams.
The Share menus are currently proposed API but I expect to finalize them with the April release (api proposal issue), after which they will be available for MakeCode to use if desired.
To align with the other commands that are exposed, I would also suggest minor tweaks to the link behavior:
- Rename from
Create a share linktoCopy MakeCode Project Link(this clarifies that the link will be specific to MakeCode since it will coexist alongside other sharing links) - Copy the link directly to the user's clipboard instead of showing it in the output channel
- Only show this command when the current project is a MakeCode project (today it appears in the command palette even when the current folder is not a MakeCode project, and shows an error message when used)
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abchatra commentedon Mar 17, 2023
Above 2 should be doable.
We do create a new link every time the user clicks on this. These are readonly links with the user project and need to get a new url every time. Copy might be misleading here.
Does "Create MakeCode Share Link" work from our command window? We could change in the common dialog to be consistent though.
joyceerhl commentedon Mar 17, 2023
Yeah that makes sense.
joyceerhl commentedon Jun 2, 2023
FYI Joey Wunderlich (@jwunderl), the previous proposal we had in mind has been superseded by a share provider API. More details here: https://vscode.dev/github/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/a4a9e8f5fe5b04b473abbdd7df93905bb6f3377d/release-notes/v1_79.md#L336-L344
Would love if you could try it out and let me know if it would fit MakeCode's scenarios--thanks!