From 59caa67e293ace699d663db4c845b511bee4bf17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:29:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Initial plan


From 3bc6b8267042ec169e04584ed71ff6f273bbd49a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:37:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Adopt codicon tree item label for current issue in issues
 view

Co-authored-by: alexr00 <38270282+alexr00@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/issues/issuesView.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/issues/issuesView.ts b/src/issues/issuesView.ts
index b33079ac12..ffbf2f42c0 100644
--- a/src/issues/issuesView.ts
+++ b/src/issues/issuesView.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ export class IssuesTreeData
 		};
 
 		if (this.stateManager.currentIssue(element.uri)?.issue.number === element.number) {
-			treeItem.label = `✓ ${treeItem.label as string}`;
+			const label: vscode.TreeItemLabel2 = {
+				label: new vscode.MarkdownString(`$(check) ${element.title}`, true)
+			};
+			treeItem.label = label as vscode.TreeItemLabel;
 			treeItem.contextValue = 'currentissue';
 		} else {
 			const savedState = this.stateManager.getSavedIssueState(element.number);

From 632e135c5267e40516b707edb0a2a07d36fb96a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:41:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Add escaping for special characters in issue titles

Co-authored-by: alexr00 <38270282+alexr00@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/issues/issuesView.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/issues/issuesView.ts b/src/issues/issuesView.ts
index ffbf2f42c0..d839c2d6e8 100644
--- a/src/issues/issuesView.ts
+++ b/src/issues/issuesView.ts
@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ export class IssuesTreeData
 		};
 
 		if (this.stateManager.currentIssue(element.uri)?.issue.number === element.number) {
+			// Escape any $(...) syntax to avoid rendering issue titles as icons.
+			const escapedTitle = element.title.replace(/\$\([a-zA-Z0-9~-]+\)/g, '\\$&');
 			const label: vscode.TreeItemLabel2 = {
-				label: new vscode.MarkdownString(`$(check) ${element.title}`, true)
+				label: new vscode.MarkdownString(`$(check) ${escapedTitle}`, true)
 			};
 			treeItem.label = label as vscode.TreeItemLabel;
 			treeItem.contextValue = 'currentissue';