notifications - 💄

src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/notifications/notificationsAlerts.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { localize } from 'vs/nls';
 import { Severity } from 'vs/platform/message/common/message';
 import { INotificationViewItem, INotificationsModel, NotificationChangeType, INotificationChangeEvent } from 'vs/workbench/common/notifications';
 import { IDisposable, dispose } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
+import { toErrorMessage } from 'vs/base/common/errorMessage';
 
 export class NotificationsAlerts {
 
@@ -30,7 +31,14 @@ export class NotificationsAlerts {
 
 	private onDidNotificationChange(e: INotificationChangeEvent): void {
 		if (e.kind === NotificationChangeType.ADD) {
+
+			// ARIA alert for screen readers
 			this.ariaAlert(e.item);
+
+			// Always log errors to console with full details
+			if (e.item.severity === Severity.Error) {
+				console.error(toErrorMessage(e.item.message.value, true));
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

src/vs/workbench/common/notifications.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { toErrorMessage } from 'vs/base/common/errorMessage';
 import { localize } from 'vs/nls';
 import Event, { Emitter, once } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { IDisposable, dispose } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
+import { isPromiseCanceledError } from 'vs/base/common/errors';
 
 export interface INotificationsModel {
 
@@ -139,10 +140,17 @@ export class NotificationViewItem implements INotificationViewItem {
 	private _onDidDispose: Emitter<void>;
 
 	public static create(notification: INotification): INotificationViewItem {
-		if (!notification || !notification.message) {
+		if (!notification || !notification.message || isPromiseCanceledError(notification.message)) {
 			return null; // we need a message to show
 		}
 
+		let severity: Severity;
+		if (typeof notification.severity === 'number') {
+			severity = notification.severity;
+		} else {
+			severity = Severity.Info;
+		}
+
 		let message: IMarkdownString;
 		if (notification.message instanceof Error) {
 			message = { value: toErrorMessage(notification.message, false), isTrusted: true };
@@ -156,7 +164,7 @@ export class NotificationViewItem implements INotificationViewItem {
 			return null; // we need a message to show
 		}
 
-		return new NotificationViewItem(notification.severity, message, notification.source || NotificationViewItem.DEFAULT_SOURCE, notification.actions || []);
+		return new NotificationViewItem(severity, message, notification.source || NotificationViewItem.DEFAULT_SOURCE, notification.actions || []);
 	}
 
 	private constructor(private _severity: Severity, private _message: IMarkdownString, private _source: string, private _actions: IAction[]) {