Lack of Confirmation and Ability to Edit Issue Text When Using Built-In "Report Issue" Functionality

[ZelnickB]

Type: Bug

There is no confirmation before posting an Issue reported from the VS Code user interface (Help > Report Issue).

This issue, in fact, was originally opened by accident because of this lack of confirmation—I thought that I would have a chance to edit it before it was posted, but I did not have that opportunity. Instead of immediately posting the issue to GitHub using the user's account, VS Code should simply prefill the issue report field so that the user can edit it manually.

VS Code version: Code 1.86.2 (903b1e9, 2024-02-13T19:42:12.210Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 23.2.0
Modes:

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Load (avg)	2, 2, 2
Memory (System)	96.00GB (51.58GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id e5e9ad05-302d-484f-84d9-ef073d07d19c
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[justschen]

when you are logged in, the button says Create on GitHub to automatically post the issue. your chance to edit should be in the description and title boxes of the built in reporter.

additionally, make sure to update to the latest version or try our nightly insiders build (I see this was reported via issue reporter on 1.86.2)

[ZelnickB]

The built-in dialog does not provide the option to preview markdown and use other functionality that GitHub provides. This is why I expected to be able to edit my entry further on GitHub once I pressed the submit button.

[justschen]

sounds like you are looking for something like this #117657 currently in our backlog.

This is why I expected to be able to edit my entry further on GitHub once I pressed the submit button.

you are able to edit the title, description, add comments, or add additional attachments on GitHub even after submitting on github.com by clicking on the three dots to open the menu -> Edit.