VSCode interactive window: string variables with newline / space characters not shown correctly while inspecting [Jupyter: Variables]

[abgoswam]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

• VS Code Version: 1.63.2
• OS Version: Windows11 enterprise

Steps to Reproduce:

1. open a interactive window, and type a simple string with newlines/space characters:

str_with_newlines = "[   line1]\n[line2    ]\n[    line3    ]"

Expectation:

if we use [Jupyter:variables] tab to inspect the value of that variable, it should show the newlines/space characters present in the string

What is actually shown:

this is misleads the user into thinking there are no newlines in the string. also note how spaces are not shown correctly

Couple of notes:

1. if we use debug to inspect the variable, it is shown with the spaces/newlines correctly:

So the issue seems to be with the vscode interactive window's way of displaying value of variables

2. comparing with PyCharm IDE, it seems PyCharm also renders the variable correctly with proper rendering of newline/space character :

[amunger]

thanks for the bug, I am able to repro

[amunger]

this doesn't look right - it makes it seem like the first line is the complete value

[roblourens]

It drives me nuts to show escaped newlines like this, because the string \\n\n would be rendered \n\n. I think that what it does now is the correct behavior and matches js-debug. I think you can hover to see the full thing. But I can consider this next month.

[amunger]

hovering shows the same value, just '[ line1]'.
It would be nice to have some indication that the value shown is not complete, even just dropping the trailing' character, similar to when a variable is too long on a single line:

[amunger]

closing in favor of microsoft/vscode#165445