F1 doesn't open help panel in Quarto chunk

[andrewheiss]

Positron Version:

Positron Version: 2024.07.0 (Universal) build 41
Code - OSS Version: 1.90.0
Commit: 9f24124
Date: 2024-07-12T04:30:16.648Z
Electron: 29.4.0
Chromium: 122.0.6261.156
Node.js: 20.9.0
V8: 12.2.281.27-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 23.5.0

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I'm not sure if this is a Quarto extension issue or a Positron issue, or if it's related to #3753, but the F1 shortcut for help doesn't seem to work in R chunks in Quarto documents on macOS. The documentation does show up when hovering over function names, and running ?whatever in the console works fine too—it's just the F1 shortcut that doesn't do anything (and doesn't emit any console messages either)

Here's a little video:

quarto.help.mov

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. Make an R chunk in a Quarto document and type an R function name
2. Place the cursor in the function name and type F1

What did you expect to happen?

I was hoping the help panel would appear

Were there any error messages in the Output panel or Developer Tools console?

Nope!

[juliasilge]

We had a related problem in #1645 where all language features didn't work and thought we had fixed that, including F1 help.

[andrewheiss]

Huh, weird! All other language features work in both source and visual editor modes, just not F1

source-visual.mov

[juliasilge]

This is not an R only problem. For Python as well, F1 help works in a regular .py file but does not work in a Quarto file.

[FinYang]

Not sure if this is related but my F1 opened a help window in the explorer called QUARTO: HELP

[andrewheiss]

Ahhhhh cool I'd never noticed that! It looks like the Quarto extension is hijacking the Positron help panel. I opened an issue over there to link these things: quarto-dev/quarto#580

[juliasilge]

QA Notes

To see this fixed, you will need both the version of Positron that has #5292 and the version of the Quarto extension that has quarto-dev/quarto#599.

Note

Heads up to our valued beta folks! This isn't in a publicly available build of Positron as of my writing but will be early next week.

You can get the appropriate version of the Quarto version from the artifact here (download, unzip, install the .vsix, restart Positron). Then you can use F1 to bring up Positron help in a .qmd that uses R.

Python does not work because F1 help is broken for Python entirely as now tracked in #5290.

I did not change anything about the quarto-assist webview, which is what is shown in #4097 (comment). I don't believe that was ever bound to F1 in Quarto but rather it is bound to Cmd/Ctrl+F1.

Given that we made some other architectural changes in quarto-dev/quarto#599, it would also be great to run through a bit of spot testing of hover, statement range provider, signature help, and completions in .qmd files. I have also checked all these, but not a bad idea for someone else to confirm!

[jonvanausdeln]

Verified Fixed

Positron Version(s) : 2024.12.0-21
OS Version(s) : Windows 11

Test scenario(s)

F1 opens help as expected R quarto chunk

Link(s) to TestRail test cases run or created: