Replace installation pop up for every tool with a better user experience

[ramya-rao-a]

Currently, if user doesn't have the necessary Go tools installed, there is a pop up reminding the user to do the same when the extension performs an action that needs the Go tool.

This is not much of a problem in certain scenarios where user explicitly executes a command like

• Find all references (guru)
• Rename (gorename)
• Add/delete tags (gomodifytags)
• Generate test (gotests)
• Find symbol in file (go-outline)
• Find symbol in workspace (gosymbols)
• Add import (gopkgs)

But simple actions like hover, typing, saving a file should not result in intrusive pop-ups.
Example below:

• On hover, pop up for godef or gogetdoc based on the user preference for go.toolDocs
• On save, pop up for golint or gometalinter based on the user preference for go.lintTool when go.lintOnSave is true
• On save, pop up for goreturns, goimports or gofmt based on the user preference for go.formatTool when go.formatOnSave is true
• On typing, pop up for gocode

This issue is to track a better user experience

[atedja]

This is very annoying and I have been searching in the settings how to disable these extensions. Maybe a "Disable" button?

[ramya-rao-a]

In the latest update (0.6.63) to the Go extension, below are the improvements made

• Prompts will only show up for tools that are used for features that are explicitly executed by the user. Eg: Rename, Generate Unit Tests, Modify tags. And not for features that get triggered behind the scenes like linting, hover or format on save.
• When the prompts do show up, closing them will ensure that they wont show up for the duration of the current session of VS Code.