Display extension StatusBarItem tooltip by click.

[woolson]

Description

GitHub Copilot StatusBarItem tooltip shown by clicked，there is no way to implement that behavior in my extension. By default i need place my cursor on baritem and wait for 2 second, but this kind of experience is not good. check video below:

Purpose

Display StatusBarItem tooltip by click in my Extension.

Video

2025-04-23.13.57.11.mov

VSCode Discussions

microsoft/vscode-discussions#2668 (comment)

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Happy Coding!