When starting edits, or file creation there is a long pause without any user feedback

[chezsmithy]

Validations

• I believe this is a way to improve. I'll try to join the Continue Discord for questions
• I'm not able to find an open issue that requests the same enhancement

Problem

When an edit or file creation is started there can be a long pause while the LLM returns the edits to make, and then the side call is performed to finalize the full new file. During this period the "Generating..." animation is paused, and there is no real indicator that the edit is performing. Depending on the speed of the LLM endpoint this can result in a long pause where it feels the UI is hung. Note, this is before the visual updates occur in the editor.

Solution

Incorporate annimation during the generation in the edit step, with perhaps progress indicators noting back to the user activity is occuring.

[tomasz-stefaniak]

@chezsmithy yes, I think a UI tweak here would be useful. The root of the problem is that many (most?) providers don't stream tool calls, so you have to wait for the entire tool call to complete.