[FEATURE]: Collapse shell tool output by default with summary title #45538

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1. github-actions

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   Brendonovich

   on Aug 27, 2026
2. github-actions commented on Aug 27, 2026

   

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   This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

   • [FEATURE]: Collapsible tool output (code/diff/blocks) in TUI #40096: Requests collapsible tool output (shell, edit, write, etc.) collapsed to a summary line with click-to-expand — very similar scope and proposal.
3. Nowaker commented on Oct 9, 2026

   

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   #54039 adds this to the v1 TUI as a tui.json setting rather than a toggle. tool_output.collapse sets how many lines each tool block shows before Click to expand, per group (bash, generic for plugin and MCP tools, write, edit, apply_patch) or per tool name. 0 collapses a block to just its title or command, so every tool call takes one line until clicked, and "never" keeps it fully expanded. Write, edit and patch blocks gain the expand toggle too. There's no slash command or keybind for a global switch.

   { "tool_output": { "collapse": { "bash": 0, "generic": 0, "write": 0, "edit": 0, "apply_patch": 0 } } }

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4. neriousy commented on Oct 20, 2026

   

   neriousy

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   Thanks for the suggestion! Since 2.0.0, desktop and web sessions use the Compact timeline preset by default, keeping shell details collapsed and expandable; choose Settings → Preferences → Timeline → Timeline detail → Compact to enable it on an existing setup. Update with opencode upgrade or npm i -g @opencode/cli@latest (desktop: update the app). Please comment or reopen if shell output still expands unexpectedly on that version.
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   closed this as completedon Oct 20, 2026