Show prompt in issue reporter when writing to clipboard, fixes #50659

src/vs/code/electron-browser/issue/issueReporterMain.ts

@@ -440,11 +440,11 @@ export class IssueReporter extends Disposable {
 			}
 		});
 
-		document.onkeydown = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+		document.onkeydown = async (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
 			const cmdOrCtrlKey = platform.isMacintosh ? e.metaKey : e.ctrlKey;
 			// Cmd/Ctrl+Enter previews issue and closes window
 			if (cmdOrCtrlKey && e.keyCode === 13) {
-				if (this.createIssue()) {
+				if (await this.createIssue()) {
 					ipcRenderer.send('vscode:closeIssueReporter');
 				}
 			}
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ export class IssueReporter extends Disposable {
 		return isValid;
 	}
 
-	private createIssue(): boolean {
+	private async createIssue(): Promise<boolean> {
 		if (!this.validateInputs()) {
 			// If inputs are invalid, set focus to the first one and add listeners on them
 			// to detect further changes
@@ -887,14 +887,32 @@ export class IssueReporter extends Disposable {
 		let url = baseUrl + `&body=${encodeURIComponent(issueBody)}`;
 
 		if (url.length > MAX_URL_LENGTH) {
-			clipboard.writeText(issueBody);
-			url = baseUrl + `&body=${encodeURIComponent(localize('pasteData', "We have written the needed data into your clipboard because it was too large to send. Please paste."))}`;
+			try {
+				url = await this.writeToClipboard(baseUrl, issueBody);
+			} catch (_) {
+				return false;
+			}
 		}
 
 		ipcRenderer.send('vscode:openExternal', url);
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	private async writeToClipboard(baseUrl: string, issueBody: string): Promise<string> {
+		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			ipcRenderer.once('vscode:issueReporterClipboardResponse', (_: unknown, shouldWrite: boolean) => {
+				if (shouldWrite) {
+					clipboard.writeText(issueBody);
+					resolve(baseUrl + `&body=${encodeURIComponent(localize('pasteData', "We have written the needed data into your clipboard because it was too large to send. Please paste."))}`);
+				} else {
+					reject();
+				}
+			});
+
+			ipcRenderer.send('vscode:issueReporterClipboard');
+		});
+	}
+
 	private getExtensionGitHubUrl(): string {
 		let repositoryUrl = '';
 		const bugsUrl = this.getExtensionBugsUrl();

src/vs/platform/issue/electron-main/issueService.ts

@@ -75,6 +75,23 @@ export class IssueService implements IIssueService {
 			event.sender.send('vscode:listProcessesResponse', processes);
 		});
 
+		ipcMain.on('vscode:issueReporterClipboard', (event: Event) => {
+			const messageOptions = {
+				message: localize('issueReporterWriteToClipboard', "There is too much data to send to GitHub. Would you like to write the information to the clipboard so that it can be pasted?"),
+				type: 'warning',
+				buttons: [
+					localize('yes', "Yes"),
+					localize('cancel', "Cancel")
+				]
+			};
+
+			if (this._issueWindow) {
+				dialog.showMessageBox(this._issueWindow, messageOptions, response => {
+					event.sender.send('vscode:issueReporterClipboardResponse', response === 0);
+				});
+			}
+		});
+
 		ipcMain.on('vscode:issuePerformanceInfoRequest', (event: Event) => {
 			this.getPerformanceInfo().then(msg => {
 				event.sender.send('vscode:issuePerformanceInfoResponse', msg);