Feature requests for Test Result panel

[eleanorjboyd]

As python moves to use the Test Result panel, there are a few feature requests I thought might make the experience better. Open to your thoughts / feedback as I don't understand all the use cases for this panel! Thanks

1. When you click on a test that has succeeded there is no change in the display, this felt confusing to me because it doesn't signal to the user that there was no output from this test. It also may make people may get mixed up because in the list the successful test is highlighted but the output shown is from a failed test.

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2. ✅ (complete) The output in the test result panel is not searchable when you have the test run dropdown selected. I think our users would value being able to search through this output

when I press cmd+F with the different test header selected I get a search box from one but not the other

3. I found myself frequently wanting to click on a single test then go back to the whole test run output. I kept getting confused when clicking on the Test Run item in the list collapsed the block vs open the output. This is just different from the individual tests which clicking on them loads their output. I know you can right-click on the TestRun to get back there but it is not very discoverable. (resolved)

[connor4312]

I found myself frequently wanting to click on a single test then go back to the whole test run output. I kept getting confused when clicking on the Test Run item in the list collapsed the block vs open the output. This is just different from the individual tests which clicking on them loads their output. I know you can right-click on the TestRun to get back there but it is not very discoverable.

You can also click the "terminal" icon in the inline actions. There's not a great way to handle this without making it hard to figure out how to collapse/expand the item.

[eleanorjboyd]

Ah yes, that makes sense I missed that icon initially. Thanks

[connor4312]

The find widget (2) is now available in the Test Results terminal

[eleanorjboyd]

Thank you @connor4312! One additional ask, I am seeing the find widget work when I click on a specific test but not when viewing the entire output from the test run, could we get it in both places?

[connor4312]

@eleanorjboyd the find widget always worked in the former case where we show a text editor. Can you confirm that you're on the latest version of VS Code Insiders?

[eleanorjboyd]

hm yeah I am seeing it now- sorry about that I am not sure what was wrong. Thanks

[hardeep-qa]

I have VS Code version 1.84.2 but still don't see the Find option in the TEST RESULTS section. I've tried with the Ctrl F command on the Windows machine.

[connor4312]

This is currently only on VS Code Insiders.

[hardeep-qa]

Ok Thanks, When it's going to released to the public?

[connor4312]

We should release to stable in 6-7 days #198893

[eleanorjboyd]

@connor4312 any thoughts on how to make the number 1 on my list more intuitive? I got feedback during TPIs that it was something that confused the team as they used the panel.

When you click on a test that has succeeded there is no change in the display, this felt confusing to me because it doesn't signal to the user that there was no output from this test. It also may make people may get mixed up because in the list the successful test is highlighted but the output shown is from a failed test.

[connor4312]

# 1 is what I fixed in my last PR. We now show the message/output associated with a successful test, if any, otherwise we show that there was no output

[eleanorjboyd]

Thanks again for these feature adds it looks great!