Terminal file path clickability when colour changes midway through file path

[johnnyreilly]

• VSCode Version: Code 1.16.0 (787b31c, 2017-09-06T16:27:49.891Z)
• OS Version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.15063
• Extensions:

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
vscode-eslint	dba	1.3.0
githistory	don	0.2.3
tslint	eg2	1.0.3
csharp	ms-	1.12.1
PowerShell	ms-	1.4.2

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. Take the setup here: https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader/tree/master/examples/fork-ts-checker
2. npm install
3. npm start
4. Observe lack of clickability on errors:

The reason for this is the colour change that the fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin produces between the path ("...fileWithError.ts") and the line number / column number ("(2:7)")

You can work around this by supplying a custom formatter to fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin; see here: https://blog.johnnyreilly.com/2017/09/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin-code.html

However, I wonder if VS Code should be able to cope with these colour changes and preserve "clickability". What do you think?

[johnnyreilly]

See related PR for fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin that works around this issue: TypeStrong/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin#48 (comment)

[Tyriar]

This limitation is fixed in Insiders (xtermjs/xterm.js#654), there are some lingering issues with links in Insiders though that should hopefully get fixed before it lands in stable.

[johnnyreilly]

Nice!