Go specific contextual menu

[mattetti]

Does VSC extension API support customization of the contextual menu. There are a few things I'd love ot see for instance:

• right click on a function/method call that isn't implemented and generate a snippet named after the selected symbol.
• right click on a go file and choose create a test file which would generate a new test file named after the selected file.
• extract/refactor feature - select a chunk of code, right click > extract as function, pick a name, the selected code is now used as the body of a new function which is called from the location where the code used to be.

Is that kind of stuff doable, part of the scope and something you're interested in seeing, or is that something that should live as its own extension?

[lukehoban]

Not currently - but see microsoft/vscode#4762.

As for the Go features mentioned here - all make sense to me. All of these could probably be added as commands that can be invoked through the command palette already - and then added into a context menu in the future if/when that extension point is opened up.

Happy to accept PRs for features like these.

[vastbinderj]

My only comment on testing, is that in my experience it is better to have tests in a separate package from the package being tested. In this manner you are testing the package in the same way it will be used.

I really like the other suggestions and in addition would like go build, go run and go test shortcuts which I did create after fashion by wading thru other issues in this repo.

[mattetti]

@lukehoban is that feature now in vscode? It would be really great if we could add a context menu to show interfaces a value/type is implementing. That can be done using guru implements query (we already use guru): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SLk36YRjjMgKqe490mSRzOPYEDe0Y_WQNRv-EiFYUyw/view#heading=h.15us5y9rxrbh

[egamma]

@mattetti VS Code now supports that an extension can contribute to the menus. Please see https://code.visualstudio.com/Updates#_extension-authoring.

[ramya-rao-a]

@mattetti Closing the loop on this. As you know contextual menu is now possible in VS Code.

right click on a function/method call that isn't implemented and generate a snippet named after the selected symbol.

#277 is tracking this request

right click on a go file and choose create a test file which would generate a new test file named after the selected file.

We now have commands to generate unit tests

extract/refactor feature - select a chunk of code, right click > extract as function, pick a name, the selected code is now used as the body of a new function which is called from the location where the code used to be.

#588 will track this request