From d410f13e90212f0a2deeb3338f8608b98f104330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Sujew <mark.sujew@typefox.io>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:05:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Support string argument in `vscode.open`

---
 .../src/browser/plugin-vscode-commands-contribution.ts       | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext-vscode/src/browser/plugin-vscode-commands-contribution.ts b/packages/plugin-ext-vscode/src/browser/plugin-vscode-commands-contribution.ts
index 30d1c45cf5a9b..8c487c5c064c1 100755
--- a/packages/plugin-ext-vscode/src/browser/plugin-vscode-commands-contribution.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext-vscode/src/browser/plugin-vscode-commands-contribution.ts
@@ -229,7 +229,10 @@ export class PluginVscodeCommandsContribution implements CommandContribution {
     registerCommands(commands: CommandRegistry): void {
         commands.registerCommand(VscodeCommands.OPEN, {
             isVisible: () => false,
-            execute: async (resource: URI, columnOrOptions?: ViewColumn | TextDocumentShowOptions) => {
+            execute: async (resource: URI | string, columnOrOptions?: ViewColumn | TextDocumentShowOptions) => {
+                if (typeof resource === 'string') {
+                    resource = URI.parse(resource);
+                }
                 try {
                     await this.openWith(VscodeCommands.OPEN.id, resource, columnOrOptions);
                 } catch (error) {