Consider providing more information when prompting about a new environment.

[andrewspiers-csiro]

Type: Feature Request

VSCode Python extension presents this prompt:

We noticed a new environment has been created. Do you want to select it for the workspace folder?

I don't know what to do here. Please consider providing answers to some of these questions at the prompt:

• Which environment?
• Which folder?
• What is the currently selected environment?
• How do I revert this change if I make it?

Thanks!

Extension version: 2023.18.0
VS Code version: Code 1.83.1 (f1b07bd25dfad64b0167beb15359ae573aecd2cc, 2023-10-10T23:48:05.904Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.14.21-150400.24.28-default

[karrtikr]

@andrewspiers-csiro, thank you for reaching out, we'd like to point out that notification is intentionally kept cleaner as most of these questions are clarified if you check out the VS Code documentation: VS Code Python documentation.

Regarding your specific questions:

Which environment?

The notification is triggered when a new environment is created, and we assume that it's clear which environment you're prompted about because it's the one you just created.

Which folder?

In most cases, there's only one workspace folder, which is why we avoid mentioning it in the notification. You can learn more about workspace folders in the VS Code documentation.

What is the currently selected environment?
How do I revert this change if I make it?

These details are covered in the documentation as well, when describing Python: Select Interpreter command.

Overall these aspects are fundamental and readily accessible in our documentation, hence we'd like to avoid reiterating them in the notification again.