Moving mouse cursor over symbol in DAL file opens the definition of the object as new tab side-by-side with the dal

[kine]

My colleague had issue, where in DAL he moves cursor e.g. over some variable definition using standard codeunit. It open the dal for this codeunit side-by-side automatically. Disabling your Extensions helped to solve this issue, thus I expect that it is something in the AL Object Designer.

Video of the problem:

When new tab is opened, there is exception in output each time:

[Error - 12:27:40] Please report this issue to https://github.com/microsoft/al/issues including information on how to reproduce it, if possible.
Processing of message 'al/gotodefinition' failed with error: 'Index was outside the bounds of the array.'
Details:
System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
   at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol.FilePathHelper.ParsePreviewFileUrl(Uri uri) in D:\a\1\s\source\Prod\Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol\FilePathHelper.cs:line 97
   at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol.LanguageServer.ReferenceSymbolDefinitionManager.GetDeclaringSymbolAsync(Uri previewUri, CancellationToken token) in D:\a\1\s\source\Prod\Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol\LanguageServer\ReferenceSymbolDefinitionManager.cs:line 154
   at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol.LanguageServer.ReferenceSymbolDefinitionManager.GetContentAsync(Uri previewUri, LaunchConfiguration configuration, CancellationToken token, Boolean relyOnCachedValue) in D:\a\1\s\source\Prod\Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol\LanguageServer\ReferenceSymbolDefinitionManager.cs:line 93
   at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol.LanguageServer.ReferenceSymbolDefinitionManager.GetDefinitionForSymbolAtPositionAsync(Uri previewUri, Position requestPosition, LaunchConfiguration configuration, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\a\1\s\source\Prod\Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol\LanguageServer\ReferenceSymbolDefinitionManager.cs:line 107
   at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol.LanguageServer.Extensions.AlDefinitionRequestHandler.ProcessRequestAsync(AlDefinitionRequest request, Int32 requestId, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\a\1\s\source\Prod\Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol\LanguageServer\Extensions\AlDefinitionRequestHandler.cs:line 71
   at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol.LanguageServer.Extensions.NavServerRequestHandler`2.HandleAsync(T request, Int32 requestId, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\a\1\s\source\Prod\Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol\LanguageServer\Extensions\NavServerRequestHandler.cs:line 77
   at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol.MessageProtocol.RequestHandlerBase`1.HandleAsync(JToken requestContents, Int32 requestId, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in D:\a\1\s\source\Prod\Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol\MessageProtocol\RequestHandlerBase.cs:line 65
   at Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol.RequestRegistry.Process(Message message) in D:\a\1\s\source\Prod\Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Protocol\Endpoints\RequestRegistry.cs:line 80

I am not sure that it is because your extension, but when disabled, it is not doing this.

[dannoe]

This happens only when "AL Object Designer" and "AL Toolbox" are activated at the same time.

Name: AL Toolbox Id: bartpermentier.al-toolbox Description: AL Language Regions and Snippets Version: 2.0.9 Publisher: Bart Permentier VS Marketplace Link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=BartPermentier.al-toolbox

[dannoe]

@kine You can temporarily fix this by setting "ALTB.DisableHoverProviders": true in your settings.json.

[dennisroczek]

see https://navinsights.net/2020/12/07/13-vs-code-settings-to-save-you-time-in-al/ search for

Al Object Designer: Use Internal Navigation Use custom Go To Definition feature. (Auto-enabled on Linux)

and switch "Use Internal Navigation" on.

[RodrigoPuelma]

@kine You can temporarily fix this by setting "ALTB.DisableHoverProviders": true in your settings.json.

Thanks, this solves it for me with the downside of losing intellisense such as not previewing table definition when hovering over a record variable.

[RodrigoPuelma]

see https://navinsights.net/2020/12/07/13-vs-code-settings-to-save-you-time-in-al/ search for

Al Object Designer: Use Internal Navigation Use custom Go To Definition feature. (Auto-enabled on Linux)

and switch "Use Internal Navigation" on.

Hi. I had previously replied to this suggestion but I removed that response. Here is a more thorough response.

If I have 'Use Internal Navigation' enabled, I have the problem stated in this issue where if I hover over a variable of type record VS.Code starts opening tabs.

If I have 'Use Internal Navigation' disabled, I have the problem in the issue below where VS.Code leaves a (deleted) file whenever I navigate to the definition of an object:

https://github.com/martonsagi/al-object-designer/issues/86