How to disable the "Get Started" tab in Theia before the first execution?

Question

I have a Theia IDE built in a docker.

Every time I launch a new docker and open a python file for the first time, I got some annoying pop-up:

• A new tab: Python - Get Started
• A pop up: Linter pylint not installed

Both have a Do not show again option. However, it does not work in my use case because every time a user connects, he will get a new Docker.

I tried to look in the settings and preferences but could not find where to disable these pop-ups.

I also tried to look at the settings files (launch.json for example) after having clicked the Do not show again button but nothing change.

The perfect solution for me would be to add a line in the launch.json file to tell Theia to never display those pop-up in the first place but I am not sure it is possible.

If you know a way to do it (in the launch.json or another way) I would be pleased to hear it!

If you know how to do it in VS code I would also be pleased to hear about it as Theia took a lot from VS code

Thanks!

Answer 1

I finally found the answer by observing which files were changed last on the docker.

I found out that you have to write "python.showStartPage": false in /home/theia/.theia/settings.json

However, it was not enough, I also had to add some lines in /home/theia/.theia/plugin-storage/global-state.json. I don't know which lines exactly as I just copied-pasted the full file from a previous execution. But I would guess that it is one of the lines beginning with gettingStarted.overrideCategory