Can 'Supported Data Types' be customized?

[Deom23]

When viewing objects in the 'Variable Explorer' pane, can you customize what types of objects are considered 'supported'? I would love to be able to see functions and frame.H2OFrame objects , but I dont want to see all the packages that have been imported / etc.

[CAM-Gerlach]

This has been an issue for me as well. I've been planning on adding a filter to hide packages/modules/functions in the main Variable Explorer window for some time now; but realistically as its not a bug fix I figure it will have to go in master for Spyder 4, not the 3.x branch.

[CAM-Gerlach]

Also, this is at least a partial duplicate of #1676 , where this is discussed further, although what I propose to implement is closer to directly fixing this one.

[goanpeca]

I think the Object Explorer should now cover this use case, while the API is updated.

[CAM-Gerlach]

@goanpeca This doesn't actaully have anything to do with support at the level of the variable editors, (e.g. object explorer); this rather is about the ability to customize what gets filtered in the main NamespaceEditor via the selections in the pane options menu. There have been improvements made in that area (excluding callables and modules), but that doesn't address the OP's (admittedly seemingly somewhat niche) usecase, as they apparently do want to see specific custom types and functions but not modules (neither of which are currently possible combinations).

[ccordoba12]

I agree with @CAM-Gerlach here.