Explorer is missing/hidden

[RueDeRennes]

Type: Bug

Whenever I open any folder within VSCode, the explorer on the side menu vanishes. It appears that the explorer functionality ceases to work altogether. Neither mouse interactions nor keyboard shortcuts to toggle the explorer seem to rectify this issue.

Steps to Reproduce:

Launch VSCode. Open any folder via File > Open Folder... or by using the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+K Ctrl+O on Windows and Linux, ⇧⌘O on macOS). Observe that the explorer on the side menu disappears.

VS Code version: Code 1.83.0 (Universal) (e7e037083ff4455cf320e344325dacb480062c3c, 2023-10-03T16:13:15.449Z) OS version: Darwin x64 23.0.0 Modes: Restricted

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1068NG7 CPU @ 2.30GHz (8 x 2300)| |GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled| |Load (avg)|3, 3, 3| |Memory (System)|16.00GB (0.35GB free)| |Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id bf099403-fb62-44ba-b4e8-77aaa3cca34e| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

Extensions (14)

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A/B Experiments

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[gjsjohnmurray]

Try running the Reset View Locations command from the Command Palette (F1).

[AbdelrahimKoura]

Thanks https://github.com/gjsjohnmurray

[GLObus303]

After the last update, my Explorer is missing as well

running reset view locations does not help. The only thing that fixes it is showing the activity bar which adds the explorer back to the "views" menu and therefore I can use shortcuts to get to it. But it hides back again sooner or later

Doing cmd + shift + P and view: Show explorer is not available as well

[lramos15]

@GLObus303 This should be fixed in 1.84.1 are you on the latest version?

[GLObus303]

Nope, I was 1.84.0. or something less than 1.84.1. Updated. Thanks!