Enhance file selection functionality with relative/absolute path configuration and update copyright notices

Author: arneschmid

src/debug/debug-adapters-yaml-file.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { PathType } from '../views/manage-solution/messages';
 import { createInterfaceFactory } from '../generic/interface-factory';
 import { ETextFileResult } from '../generic/text-file';
 import { ITreeItem, CTreeItem } from '../generic/tree-item';
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ export type UIOption<T extends string, V> = {
     description?: string;                           //Hover over text.
     'yml-node': string;                             //Name of the node in the csolution file under debugger: section.
     type: T;                                        //Type of the option [number, enum, string, file]
-    pname?: string;                                //If present, the option is pname based. Then the same property will be created for each pname instance.
+    pname?: string;                                 //If present, the option is pname based. Then the same property will be created for each pname instance.
+    'path-type'?: PathType;                         //If the type is file, indicates if the path is absolute or relative to the solution file directory. Default is relative.
 } & V;
 
 export type UIEnumValue = {

src/views/manage-solution/manage-solution-custom-editor.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright 2026 Arm Limited
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Arm Limited
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

src/views/manage-solution/manage-solution-webview-main.test.ts

@@ -560,11 +560,13 @@ describe('ContextSelectionWebviewMain', () => {
 
             const dialogOptions = showOpenDialogSpy.mock.calls[0][0];
             expect(dialogOptions?.defaultUri?.toString()).toBe(URI.file(path.dirname(defaultPath)).toString());
-            expect(webviewManager.sendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-                type: 'FILE_SELECTED',
-                data: ['images/app.axf'],
-                for: 'image-path'
-            });
+            expect(webviewManager.sendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                expect.objectContaining({
+                    type: 'FILE_SELECTED',
+                    data: expect.arrayContaining([expect.stringMatching(/root[/\\]images[/\\]app\.axf$/)]),
+                    for: 'image-path'
+                })
+            );
         });
     });
 

src/views/manage-solution/manage-solution-webview-main.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright 2024-2026 Arm Limited
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-2026 Arm Limited
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -440,7 +440,10 @@ export class ManageSolutionWebviewMain {
 
         if (fileUri && fileUri[0]) {
             const paths = fileUri.map(u =>
-                backToForwardSlashes(path.relative(solutionDir, u.fsPath))
+                backToForwardSlashes(options?.pathType === 'absolute'
+                    ? u.fsPath
+                    : path.relative(solutionDir, u.fsPath)
+                )
             );
 
             await this.webviewManager.sendMessage({ type: 'FILE_SELECTED', data: paths, for: targetElementId });

src/views/manage-solution/messages.ts

@@ -17,48 +17,51 @@
 import { DebugAdapter } from '../../debug/debug-adapters-yaml-file';
 import { ActiveTargetSet, SolutionData } from './view/state/manage-solution-state';
 
+export type PathType = 'absolute' | 'relative';
+
 export type FileSelectorOptionsType = {
-  canSelectMany?: boolean,
-  defaultUri?: string,
-  openLabel?: string,
-  title?: string,
-  filters?: { [key: string]: string[] }
+    canSelectMany?: boolean,
+    defaultUri?: string,
+    openLabel?: string,
+    title?: string,
+    pathType?: PathType,
+    filters?: { [key: string]: string[] }
 };
 
 /**
  * Messages that the context selection view can pass to the extension.
  */
 export type OutgoingMessage
-  = { type: 'GET_CONTEXT_SELECTION_DATA' }
-  | { type: 'SET_SELECTED_TARGET', target: string, set: string | undefined }
-  | { type: 'OPEN_FILE', path: string }
-  | { type: 'SET_SELECTED_CONTEXTS', data: SolutionData }
-  | { type: 'GET_DEBUG_ADAPTERS' }
-  | { type: 'SET_DEBUGGER', name: string }
-  | { type: 'ADD_NEW_CONTEXT' }
-  | { type: 'ADD_NEW_PROJECT' }
-  | { type: 'ADD_NEW_IMAGE' }
-  | { type: 'UNLINK_IMAGE', image: string }
-  | { type: 'SET_START_PROCESSOR', value: string }
-  | { type: 'SAVE_CONTEXT_SELECTION' }
-  | { type: 'OPEN_HELP' }
-  | { type: 'SET_DEBUG_ADAPTER_PROPERTY', service: string | undefined, key: string, value: string | number, pname?: string }
-  | { type: 'SELECT_FILE', targetElementId: string, options?: FileSelectorOptionsType }
-  | { type: 'SET_AUTO_UPDATE', value: boolean }
-  | { type: 'TOGGLE_DEBUGGER', value: boolean }
-  | { type: 'TOGGLE_DEBUG_ADAPTER_SECTION', section: string }
-  ;
+    = { type: 'GET_CONTEXT_SELECTION_DATA' }
+    | { type: 'SET_SELECTED_TARGET', target: string, set: string | undefined }
+    | { type: 'OPEN_FILE', path: string }
+    | { type: 'SET_SELECTED_CONTEXTS', data: SolutionData }
+    | { type: 'GET_DEBUG_ADAPTERS' }
+    | { type: 'SET_DEBUGGER', name: string }
+    | { type: 'ADD_NEW_CONTEXT' }
+    | { type: 'ADD_NEW_PROJECT' }
+    | { type: 'ADD_NEW_IMAGE' }
+    | { type: 'UNLINK_IMAGE', image: string }
+    | { type: 'SET_START_PROCESSOR', value: string }
+    | { type: 'SAVE_CONTEXT_SELECTION' }
+    | { type: 'OPEN_HELP' }
+    | { type: 'SET_DEBUG_ADAPTER_PROPERTY', service: string | undefined, key: string, value: string | number, pname?: string }
+    | { type: 'SELECT_FILE', targetElementId: string, options?: FileSelectorOptionsType }
+    | { type: 'SET_AUTO_UPDATE', value: boolean }
+    | { type: 'TOGGLE_DEBUGGER', value: boolean }
+    | { type: 'TOGGLE_DEBUG_ADAPTER_SECTION', section: string }
+    ;
 
 /**
  * Messages that the extension can pass to the context selection view.
  */
 export type IncomingMessage
-  = { type: 'DATA_CONTEXT_SELECTION', data: SolutionData }
-  | { type: 'DEBUG_ADAPTERS', data: DebugAdapter[], sectionsInUse: string[] }
-  | { type: 'DEBUGGER', data: string }
-  | { type: 'ACTIVE_TARGET_SET', data: ActiveTargetSet }
-  | { type: 'IS_DIRTY', data: boolean }
-  | { type: 'IS_BUSY', data: boolean }
-  | { type: 'FILE_SELECTED', data: string[], for: string }
-  | { type: 'AUTO_UPDATE', data: boolean }
-  ;
+    = { type: 'DATA_CONTEXT_SELECTION', data: SolutionData }
+    | { type: 'DEBUG_ADAPTERS', data: DebugAdapter[], sectionsInUse: string[] }
+    | { type: 'DEBUGGER', data: string }
+    | { type: 'ACTIVE_TARGET_SET', data: ActiveTargetSet }
+    | { type: 'IS_DIRTY', data: boolean }
+    | { type: 'IS_BUSY', data: boolean }
+    | { type: 'FILE_SELECTED', data: string[], for: string }
+    | { type: 'AUTO_UPDATE', data: boolean }
+    ;

src/views/manage-solution/view/components/manage-solution.tsx

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { SolutionUpdateAction, contextUpdateReducer, initialState, manageSolutio
 import './manage-solution.css';
 import { ProjectsTable } from './projects-table';
 import { TargetsTable } from './targets-table';
+import { PathType } from '../../messages';
 
 export interface ManageSolutionProps {
     messageHandler: MessageHandler<IncomingMessage, OutgoingMessage>;
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ export const ManageSolution = (props: ManageSolutionProps) => {
                 input?.setAttribute('id', id);
             }
             const title = input?.getAttribute('title') || 'Select File';
+            const optionPathType = input?.getAttribute('data-option-path-type') as (PathType | undefined) ?? 'relative';
             const currentValue = input?.value || '';
             props.messageHandler.push({
                 type: 'SELECT_FILE',
@@ -221,7 +223,8 @@ export const ManageSolution = (props: ManageSolutionProps) => {
                     defaultUri: currentValue,
                     openLabel: 'Select File', // title of the dialog button to choose the file
                     title: title, // dialog title
-                    filters: { 'All Files': ['*'] }
+                    filters: { 'All Files': ['*'] },
+                    pathType: optionPathType
                 }
             });
         };
@@ -433,6 +436,7 @@ export const ManageSolution = (props: ManageSolutionProps) => {
                                                                     addonAfter={<Button type="primary" className='file-button' onClick={selectFile}> Browse</Button>}
                                                                     value={(localValues[k] as string) ?? ''}
                                                                     data-yml-node={o['yml-node']}
+                                                                    data-option-path-type={o['path-type']}
                                                                     onPressEnter={blurOnEnter}
                                                                     onChange={(e) => {
                                                                         setLocalValues(prev => ({ ...prev, [k]: e.target.value }));