Structure error missing parts when displayed in IntelliJ

[InMatrix]

The error message in IntelliJ miss many parts such as hints and description:

This is the same message displayed by VS Code:

Did the logic for showing the structure error message in IntelliJ change recently?

Steps to Reproduce

Run the example at https://github.com/InMatrix/flutter_error_studies/blob/master/lib/renderflex_overflow_error.dart

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[terrylucas]

@devoncarew @stevemessick
Should this be on our list of fixes for next milestone or on deck?

[devoncarew]

Did the logic for showing the structure error message in IntelliJ change recently?

It hasn't, but we should figure out why we're showing something different from VS Code here.

[devoncarew]

@InMatrix - for the screenshot from IntelliJ, it's showing the 7th caught instance of that error? VS Code may be showing the 1st caught instance of it?

[InMatrix]

I took a closer look at it. IntelliJ seems to produce the right error display when I go straight to the RenderFlex Overflow error in the linked demo app. However, when I go to the RenderFlex Overflow error after triggering the Missing Material error, I got the shortened version of the error in the screenshot above. It seems that something in the Missing Material error changed the error display configuration.

[devoncarew]

I think you're correct, and is likely something we're doing deliberately (but would have to check the code). If so, we can change the rendering to not use the shorter format for subsequent errors.

[InMatrix]

I see. I think this shorter format is useful when the subsequent errors are second-order effects of the first error. However, in this case, the second error is independent from the first one. I wonder if there is a way we can distinguish these two different kinds of errors.

[devoncarew]

Looking at this now, we might be able to use information like frame start events to reset whether we're summarizing errors.

I'm not able to repro this case in the flutter_error_studies app - when I visit the Missing Material page, I get in a state where I can't navigate back to the main set of pages. What's the best way to repro this?

[InMatrix]

Once you get into the Missing Material page, you can actually grab the left border the page and drag it to the right to get back to the list of errors. Let me know if it works for you.