Support string in IHoverOptions.text

Fixes #105841

src/vs/workbench/services/hover/browser/hover.ts

@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ export interface IHoverService {
 
 export interface IHoverOptions {
 	/**
-	 * The text to display in the primary section of the hover.
+	 * The text to display in the primary section of the hover. The type of text determines the
+	 * default `hideOnHover` behavior.
 	 */
-	text: IMarkdownString;
+	text: IMarkdownString | string;
 
 	/**
 	 * The target for the hover. This determines the position of the hover and it will only be
@@ -69,8 +70,13 @@ export interface IHoverOptions {
 
 	/**
 	 * Whether to hide the hover when the mouse leaves the `target` and enters the actual hover.
-	 * This is false by default and note that it will be ignored if any `actions` are provided such
-	 * that they are accessible.
+	 * This is false by default when text is an `IMarkdownString` and true when `text` is a
+	 * `string`. Note that this will be ignored if any `actions` are provided as hovering is
+	 * required to make them accessible.
+	 *
+	 * In general hiding on hover is desired for:
+	 * - Regular text where selection is not important
+	 * - Markdown that contains no links where selection is not important
 	 */
 	hideOnHover?: boolean;
 }

src/vs/workbench/services/hover/browser/hoverWidget.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { Widget } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/widget';
 import { AnchorPosition } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/contextview/contextview';
 import { IOpenerService } from 'vs/platform/opener/common/opener';
 import { IWorkbenchLayoutService } from 'vs/workbench/services/layout/browser/layoutService';
+import { MarkdownString } from 'vs/base/common/htmlContent';
 
 const $ = dom.$;
 
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ export class HoverWidget extends Widget {
 
 		const rowElement = $('div.hover-row.markdown-hover');
 		const contentsElement = $('div.hover-contents');
-		const markdownElement = renderMarkdown(options.text, {
+		const markdown = typeof options.text === 'string' ? new MarkdownString(options.text) : options.text;
+		const markdownElement = renderMarkdown(markdown, {
 			actionHandler: {
 				callback: (content) => this._linkHandler(content),
 				disposeables: this._messageListeners
@@ -118,7 +120,20 @@ export class HoverWidget extends Widget {
 		}
 
 		const mouseTrackerTargets = [...this._target.targetElements];
-		if (!options.hideOnHover || (options.actions && options.actions.length > 0)) {
+		let hideOnHover: boolean;
+		if (options.hideOnHover === undefined) {
+			if (options.actions && options.actions.length > 0) {
+				// If there are actions, require hover so they can be accessed
+				hideOnHover = false;
+			} else {
+				// Defaults to true when string, false when markdown as it may contain links
+				hideOnHover = typeof options.text === 'string';
+			}
+		} else {
+			// It's set explicitly
+			hideOnHover = options.hideOnHover;
+		}
+		if (!hideOnHover) {
 			mouseTrackerTargets.push(this._hover.containerDomNode);
 		}
 		this._mouseTracker = new CompositeMouseTracker(mouseTrackerTargets);