New File doesn't accept a filename

[profbbrown]

Bug Description:

Selecting New File... from the File menu brings up a selection box prompting the user to "Select file type or enter file name." However, entering a filename doesn't do anything. The box disappears and no new editor is opened.

Additional Information

• Operating System: MacOS Sonoma, Chrome browser
• Theia Version: 1.45

Extensions loaded:

@theia/callhierarchy 1.45.0
@theia/console 1.45.0
@theia/core 1.45.0
@theia/debug 1.45.0
@theia/editor 1.45.0
@theia/editor-preview 1.45.0
@theia/file-search 1.45.0
@theia/filesystem 1.45.0
@theia/getting-started 1.45.0
@theia/git 1.45.0
@theia/keymaps 1.45.0
@theia/markers 1.45.0
@theia/messages 1.45.0
@theia/metrics 1.45.0
@theia/mini-browser 1.45.0
@theia/monaco 1.45.0
@theia/navigator 1.45.0
@theia/notebook 1.45.0
@theia/outline-view 1.45.0
@theia/output 1.45.0
@theia/plugin-dev 1.45.0
@theia/plugin-ext 1.45.0
@theia/plugin-ext-vscode 1.45.0
@theia/plugin-metrics 1.45.0
@theia/preferences 1.45.0
@theia/preview 1.45.0
@theia/process 1.45.0
@theia/property-view 1.45.0
@theia/scm 1.45.0
@theia/scm-extra 1.45.0
@theia/search-in-workspace 1.45.0
@theia/task 1.45.0
@theia/terminal 1.45.0
@theia/timeline 1.45.0
@theia/toolbar 1.45.0
@theia/typehierarchy 1.45.0
@theia/userstorage 1.45.0
@theia/variable-resolver 1.45.0
@theia/vsx-registry 1.45.0
@theia/workspace 1.45.0

[dhuebner]

@profbbrown @JonasHelming

However, entering a filename doesn't do anything.

vs-code opens a new system explorer window, because normally this command is called from the Welcome page. Creating a new file directly in the workspace would need an additional validation to check if the file already exists.

What do you expect to happen in Theia?

[profbbrown]

Clicking the small "new file" icon in the Explorer heading prompts for a filename and then opens an editor for it. I expected that the menu item "New File" would do something similar: I'll type in a filename and an editor will open for it.

[dhuebner]

@profbbrown @JonasHelming
PR #13344 is ready for review.