Gitpod "open in" should be set-able per project, not just per-user

[rfay]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

The new Jetbrains open-in-local feature is great, but you have to choose it for the whole user. I work in GoLand for many projects, but PhpStorm for many others.

Describe the behaviour you'd like

I'd want to be able to configure the "open in" at the project level, not the user level.

Currently it's all-in for one tool, and that doesn't fit what I'd do.

Relates to:

• Open workspace in ad-hoc (per-workspace) editor or IDE #8573
• Allow desktop IDE preferences (e.g. plugins) to be set via the .gitpod.yml #6706
• Epic: Improve the experience of opening desktop IDE/editors #6602
• Gitpod "open in" should be set-able per project, not just per-user #6874
• Open workspace with custom IDE via URL #9434
• Support start with other IDEs in Github browser-extension#59
• Create "Open In Gitpod (JetBrains)" button #7525

[akosyakov]

I'd want to be able to configure the "open in" at the project level, not the user level.

I guess you mean per project but on user level, i.e. each user can decide which IDE he wants to use for different repos. It is very typical in java world for instance to only commit gradle or maven setup but let devs use IDE of preference.

[rfay]

Yes, I do mean project-level and of course under control of the user. I guess because I don't have anybody else in the project I use I forget that. That does make it more complicated.

[mrsimonemms]

I would love to see it being even more granular than that and being able to decide which Jetbrains IDE I use at runtime.

Real world usecase - I tend to want to use Goland when working with Go projects but IntelliJ when working on JS projects. When doing work on the Gitpod repo, this has both projects so I tend to switch between the two.

In my mind, this could work as a split button showing all the different available IDEs (defaulting to whatever is set as your default browser in settings)

[loujaybee]

Associated with: #8573