Agent sessions: consider a better out of the box sidebar experience (#284045) (#284053)#284061
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Agent sessions: consider a better out of the box sidebar experience (#284045) (#284053)#284061
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Pull request overview
This PR improves the default chat agent sessions view experience by changing the default orientation from 'auto' to 'sideBySide' and simplifying the orientation logic. The changes make the 'sideBySide' option behave adaptively based on available width, similar to 'auto', but with a preference for side-by-side layout when space permits.
Key Changes:
- Changed default value for
chat.viewSessions.orientationfrom'auto'to'sideBySide' - Removed explicit
'sideBySide'switch case, making it fall through to the default adaptive behavior - Updated the description for 'sideBySide' to clarify it falls back to stacked when space is insufficient
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/chatViewPane.ts |
Removed the explicit 'sideBySide' case from the switch statement, making it use the same width-based logic as 'auto' |
src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/chat.contribution.ts |
Changed default orientation to 'sideBySide' and updated its description to reflect adaptive behavior |
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Dec 17, 2025
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