Ability to disable repeated notifications of "Connection to Pico lost"

[sgbaird]

Feature Request 🚀

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The following message (bottom-right corner) pops up over and over again when I don't have a Pico W connected. The message is pretty distracting, especially since it "pops up" again, instead of just staying there. If I click "X" on a notification, it just comes back again.

Even when I click "Turn notifications off" it still pops up with the message:

Describe the solution you'd like

Create an option to disable these notifications/popups. In my case, it's pretty clear whether the Pico W is connected vs. disconnected based on the status bar icon, though I see how it would be generally useful to know if it has disconnected when that isn't the user's intention.

Describe alternatives you've considered

I've ended up disabling and reenabling the entire extension on a per-workspace basis.

[vbakke]

I agree. This is a really annoying repetitive warning. One warning when I disconnect the cable is fine. But it reappears every 7.5 seconds.

I use MicroPico v3.7.4 on a Windows VS Code 1.86.1

[sgbaird]

@vbakke Since I'm still doing a fair bit of development off-and-on with the Pico W, I've decided to just connect one to make the warning go away.. 🫠

[vbakke]

One way of solving it, I guess.

Hard for me to know if the problem (or the solution) lies in MicroPython (blame code), or if it is the PyBoard's Pyboardrunner firing onExit non-stop.

Hopefulle someone else managed to find the cause. 🙏

[migs35323]

Just installed this extension, and come to look for this, when i open code it shows multiple warnings of the connection lost, i believe there should be improvements on this, it makes vscode a bit slower and awkard in general when trying to use other unrelated projects

[paulober]

These unnecessary notifications should be fixed with the next patch. Thanks for the feedback.

[vbakke]

Looks good when I tested just now. :) 👍