cmd+shift+e not working if activity bar is hidden

[dongjinahn]

Type: Bug

some basic keyboard shortcuts like [ cmd+shift+e (show explorer), cmd+shift+x (show extensions), ] don't work if activity bar is hidden.

i re-installed vscode after deleting vscode.app from /Application, ~/.vscode and ~/Library/Application\ Support/Code but the shortcuts doesn't work after sync and add some folders as trusted workspaces. (i even deleted my github config sync for debugging) but none of these worked.

i eventually found that showing activity bar all the time (top or side, not hidden) make the problem disappear.

VS Code version: Code 1.84.0 (d037ac076cee195194f93ce6fe2bdfe2969cc82d, 2023-11-01T11:29:51.160Z) OS version: Darwin arm64 23.1.0 Modes:

System Info

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video_decode: enabled
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[rohit-saluja]

I am also facing the same issue i even formated my ubuntu for this issue

[dongjinahn]

I am also facing the same issue i even formated my ubuntu for this issue

hello @rohit-saluja, sorry to hear that. were you able to resolve problem by showing activity bar?

[rohit-saluja]

yes temperory it is resolved by showing the activity bar but usually I hides to save horizontal space for bettter coding

[skdishansachin]

I am facing the same issue, even after reinstalling VS Code. However, the problem still exists and I am unable to resolve it. I am using Windows 10.

[dongjinahn]

yes temperory it is resolved by showing the activity bar but usually I hides to save horizontal space for bettter coding

me too. showing activity bar on "top" saves horizontal space FYI

anyway then the problem can be reproduced even on ubuntu environment (not only macos).

[rohit-saluja]

I don't have top options but thanks for the update

[rohit-saluja]

If I choose the hide then ctrl shift e stops working

[rohit-saluja]

ctrl + shift + x is also not working

[skdishansachin]

@rohit-saluja same here.

[gjsjohnmurray]

/duplicate of #197169

[vscodenpa]

Thanks for creating this issue! We figured it's covering the same as another one we already have. Thus, we closed this one as a duplicate. You can search for similar existing issues. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!

[Alex-Kocharyan]

I'm facing the same exact problem

[gjsjohnmurray]

@ArmenQocharyan it will be fixed in upcoming recovery release, 1.84.1

[oscarCorb]

Same problem here.

[Alex-Kocharyan]

@ArmenQocharyan it will be fixed in upcoming recovery release, 1.84.1

Awesome! Thank you! @gjsjohnmurray