Horizontal separators in Python interpreter list

[cdce8p]

microsoft/vscode#137745

With the last release, the Jupyter extensions added horizontal separators with labels to the notebook kernel list. The Python interpreter list is already sorted. If it's possible, I think it would be a nice usability improvement to add separators there as well.

The image from the changelog entry: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_62#_jupyter

[karthiknadig]

Thanks for the feature request! We are going to give the community 60 days from when this issue was created to provide 7 👍 upvotes on the opening comment to gauge general interest in this idea. If there's enough upvotes then we will consider this feature request in our future planning. If there's unfortunately not enough upvotes then we will close this issue.

[cdce8p]

The QuickItemSeparator is part of the proposed APIs for VS Code 1.63.0.
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_63#_quickpickitem-separators

[cdce8p]

@karrtikr I just built the extension from the main branch to have a look for myself. It's just like I had imagined it, a great addition! Thanks for implementing it! Looking forward to using it in production 😍

[karrtikr]

Glad you like it 😊 FYI you can use the command Python: Switch to Insiders if you want to install the latest main branch as an extension.

[cdce8p]

Glad you like it 😊 FYI you can use the command Python: Switch to Insiders if you want to install the latest main branch as an extension.

👍🏻 I'm not a huge fan of the old insider support tbh, especially since it updates automatically. I prefer a bit more control about how and when I update. Looking forward to the dedicated pre-releases though, #18144.

[karrtikr]

That's fair. It's a bit messy atm but running Python: Switch to default channel following Python: Switch to Insiders should stop the automatic updates.

And yes, we plan to adopt #18144 very soon.