inaccessible copilot icon after update | option to open copilot chat in the main left pain as previously

[tim-mukhin]

Type: Bug

Hello

I don't use the top panel with search and pane configuration icon. For me it's just wasted place, so I disabled it. And as copilot icon was added to this panel, now I can't open copilot without triggering through actions or enabling secondary pane in menu. That's the first major inconvenience.

The second is I don't want to use the secondary pane for only copilot, because with both panes open (my left pane is open 100% of time) and now i have less than 50% of screen width for the code. Please add an option to open copilot chat in the left pane with a separate plugin icon as it was until current update.

Thank you

Extension version: 0.22.0 VS Code version: Code 1.95.0 (Universal) (912bb683695358a54ae0c670461738984cbb5b95, 2024-10-28T20:16:24.561Z) OS version: Darwin arm64 23.6.0 Modes:

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[bpasero]

@tim-mukhin that option exists, any view can be moved anywhere into primary sidebar, panel or secondary sidebar: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-release/issues/2062#issuecomment-2449241868

Let us know if you need more help.

[tim-mukhin]

@bpasero Yes, I found that in the comments with similar issues, but that was not obvious. And my main issue was that after I closed the secondary pane I couldn't open it because I disabled the top bar with search and where copilot icon was added.