feat: allow to configure implicit context enablement in chat and edits (#241752)

Author: joyceerhl

src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/chat.contribution.ts

@@ -137,6 +137,25 @@ configurationRegistry.registerConfiguration({
 			markdownDescription: nls.localize('chat.commandCenter.enabled', "Controls whether the command center shows a menu for actions to control Copilot (requires {0}).", '`#window.commandCenter#`'),
 			default: true
 		},
+		'chat.implicitContext.enabled': {
+			type: 'object',
+			tags: ['experimental'],
+			description: nls.localize('chat.implicitContext.enabled', "Enables the implicit context widget for specified chat locations."),
+			additionalProperties: {
+				type: 'string',
+				enum: ['never', 'first', 'always'],
+				description: nls.localize('chat.implicitContext.value', "The value for the implicit context."),
+				enumDescriptions: [
+					nls.localize('chat.implicitContext.value.never', "Implicit context is never enabled."),
+					nls.localize('chat.implicitContext.value.first', "Implicit context is enabled for the first interaction."),
+					nls.localize('chat.implicitContext.value.always', "Implicit context is always enabled.")
+				]
+			},
+			default: {
+				'panel': 'always',
+				'editing-session': 'first'
+			}
+		},
 		'chat.editing.autoAcceptDelay': {
 			type: 'number',
 			markdownDescription: nls.localize('chat.editing.autoAcceptDelay', "Delay after which changes made by chat are automatically accepted. Values are in seconds, `0` means disabled and `100` seconds is the maximum."),

src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/contrib/chatImplicitContext.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { URI } from '../../../../../base/common/uri.js';
 import { ICodeEditor, isCodeEditor, isDiffEditor } from '../../../../../editor/browser/editorBrowser.js';
 import { ICodeEditorService } from '../../../../../editor/browser/services/codeEditorService.js';
 import { Location } from '../../../../../editor/common/languages.js';
+import { IConfigurationService } from '../../../../../platform/configuration/common/configuration.js';
 import { IWorkbenchContribution } from '../../../../common/contributions.js';
 import { EditorsOrder } from '../../../../common/editor.js';
 import { IEditorService } from '../../../../services/editor/common/editorService.js';
@@ -27,17 +28,21 @@ export class ChatImplicitContextContribution extends Disposable implements IWork
 
 	private readonly _currentCancelTokenSource = this._register(new MutableDisposable<CancellationTokenSource>());
 
+	private _implicitContextEnablement = this.configurationService.getValue<{ [mode: string]: string }>('chat.implicitContext.enabled');
+
 	constructor(
 		@ICodeEditorService private readonly codeEditorService: ICodeEditorService,
 		@IEditorService private readonly editorService: IEditorService,
 		@IChatWidgetService private readonly chatWidgetService: IChatWidgetService,
 		@IChatService private readonly chatService: IChatService,
 		@IChatEditingService private readonly chatEditingService: IChatEditingService,
+		@IConfigurationService private readonly configurationService: IConfigurationService,
 		@ILanguageModelIgnoredFilesService private readonly ignoredFilesService: ILanguageModelIgnoredFilesService,
 	) {
 		super();
 
 		const activeEditorDisposables = this._register(new DisposableStore());
+
 		this._register(Event.runAndSubscribe(
 			editorService.onDidVisibleEditorsChange,
 			(() => {
@@ -59,9 +64,18 @@ export class ChatImplicitContextContribution extends Disposable implements IWork
 			this.chatEditingService.editingSessionsObs.read(reader);
 			this.updateImplicitContext();
 		}));
+		this._register(this.configurationService.onDidChangeConfiguration(e => {
+			if (e.affectsConfiguration('chat.implicitContext.enabled')) {
+				this._implicitContextEnablement = this.configurationService.getValue<{ [mode: string]: string }>('chat.implicitContext.enabled');
+				this.updateImplicitContext();
+			}
+		}));
 		this._register(this.chatService.onDidSubmitRequest(({ chatSessionId }) => {
 			const widget = this.chatWidgetService.getWidgetBySessionId(chatSessionId);
-			if (widget?.input.implicitContext && widget.location === ChatAgentLocation.EditingSession && widget.viewModel?.getItems().length !== 0) {
+			if (!widget?.input.implicitContext) {
+				return;
+			}
+			if (this._implicitContextEnablement[widget.location] === 'first' && widget.viewModel?.getItems().length !== 0) {
 				widget.input.implicitContext.setValue(undefined, false);
 			}
 		}));
@@ -131,10 +145,17 @@ export class ChatImplicitContextContribution extends Disposable implements IWork
 
 		const widgets = updateWidget ? [updateWidget] : [...this.chatWidgetService.getWidgetsByLocations(ChatAgentLocation.Panel), ...this.chatWidgetService.getWidgetsByLocations(ChatAgentLocation.EditingSession), ...this.chatWidgetService.getWidgetsByLocations(ChatAgentLocation.Editor)];
 		for (const widget of widgets) {
-			if (widget.input.implicitContext && widget.location === ChatAgentLocation.EditingSession && widget.viewModel?.getItems().length !== 0) {
+			if (!widget.input.implicitContext) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			const setting = this._implicitContextEnablement[widget.location];
+			const isFirstInteraction = widget.viewModel?.getItems().length === 0;
+			if (setting === 'first' && !isFirstInteraction) {
 				widget.input.implicitContext.setValue(undefined, false);
-			} else if (widget.input.implicitContext) {
+			} else if (setting === 'always' || setting === 'first' && isFirstInteraction) {
 				widget.input.implicitContext.setValue(newValue, isSelection);
+			} else if (setting === 'never') {
+				widget.input.implicitContext.setValue(undefined, false);
 			}
 		}
 	}