Allow inline editing of values

[jreineckearm]

Type: Feature Request

Currently, the Peripheral Inspector allows editing of register values by an inline button/icon that appears when hovering with the mouse pointer over a tree element.

It would be beneficial to allow editing of values by double-clicking on an element. Like for example for the VS Code Variables view. This would make discovery of this feature easier and more intuitive.

[thegecko]

I winder if we can raise a request on VS Code to add this capability to the basic treeview component instead of needing to rewrite it all as a webview?

[jreineckearm]

I did some research and it looks like this one is closest to what this would require: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/97190

[jreineckearm]

Another approach could be to provide a UI that can be easily wired up with a Tree Provider. This could also allow nicer (uniform) styling and open up more functionality going forward. A good candidate could be https://primereact.org/treetable/ . This could allow:

• Aligned register names but more importantly aligned values. Improving readability.
• Introduction of checkboxes or dropdowns like used in other SVD based dialogs. This might be useful for other Peripheral Inspector data providers, too.
• Search functionality.