Can't hover over status bar tooltip if link is not markdowned

[usernamehw]

Markdown hovers became worse (unhoverable, more than usual) at some point. But that was partially fixed by hovers with links to not immediately hide.

Only links that have markdown brackets around them are working properly, though []():

// ──── ✅ Can hover ───────────────────────────────────────────
const statusBarItem = window.createStatusBarItem();
statusBarItem.text = 'test';
statusBarItem.tooltip = new MarkdownString('[google](https://www.google.com)');
statusBarItem.show();
// ──── 🟥 Cannot hover ───────────────────────────────────────
const statusBarItem2 = window.createStatusBarItem();
statusBarItem2.text = 'test2';
statusBarItem2.tooltip = new MarkdownString('https://www.google.com');
statusBarItem2.show();

[Tyriar]

This is by design, the thinking is for things like the status bar/panel title/activity bar hovers that the hover will be annoying if it remains when hovered. So instead the hover is not hoverable by default when it does not contain a link or some interactable item (like an action at the bottom like in terminal tab hovers). Each component can say whether they want to override that behavior explicitly and force it to allow or disallow hovering, but I think the status bar is doing it correctly currently; users will definitely complain if it was the other way around.

If you want to mouse over some hover, you can hold alt/option to "lock" it, see https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/accessibility#_hover-accessibility

[vscodenpa]

The described behavior is how it is expected to work. If you disagree, please explain what is expected and what is not in more detail. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

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