i hid these icons and now i can not find a way to get them back

[sanket-bhalerao]

Type: Bug

I was trying something and hid these icons

and now i can not seem to find a way to get them back

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.87.0-insider (00124e9e5830e3efc897db71c781899f8a676295, 2024-02-16T16:33:57.085Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621 Modes:

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[gjsjohnmurray]

They are called the Layout Controls.

Does the title bar context menu offer an option for them?

[sanket-bhalerao]

while hiding i could see those options to check and uncheck, however after restarting i do not see the unchecked options anymore . i tried checking in the global settings.json and the workspace settings too but could not see them there too.

[vscodenpa]

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[sanket-bhalerao]

i still think this is a bug. if i can hide something by right click and choosing an option it should also get visible by those gestures as well.

[gjsjohnmurray]

@sanket-bhalerao I am unable to reproduce what you reported. Please provide detailed steps, starting by creating an empty profile:

[gjsjohnmurray]

@sanket-bhalerao nevermind, I now see what you have done. Please unselect "Editor Actions" on that menu. This takes priority over the "Layout Controls" setting.

[sanket-bhalerao]

@gjsjohnmurray ,

the 'editor actions' has no effect on the layout controls.

steps:

1. right click on the layout control icons and uncheck/hide them
2. restart vscode
3. right click on the titlebar and try to get the layout controls back (do not see an option)

[gjsjohnmurray]

Actually, rather than unchecking it I suggest you reset this setting to its default:

Toggling that context menu checkbox switches this setting between titleBar and hidden. When it is titleBar the editor actions buttons prevent the layout controls from displaying there. When it is hidden the editor actions don't show there, but they don't display in the upper right of the editor area either (their default position).

[sanket-bhalerao]

i hid the layout controls with the following option initially

and now trying to get them back

[sanket-bhalerao]

only if i click on the layout control icons, i can see option to show the layout controls again, if i just click on the titlebar it does not show those options, and since i hid all those layout controls i can no longer click on those icons to unhide them (I am aware that this is stupid thing to create issue for but i find this behavior weird)

[gjsjohnmurray]

After you cleared the checkmark on those 3 options do you still have the ... button? If so, does its context menu let you show the 3 options again?

[sanket-bhalerao]

the options in the context menu are to take the action (click on toggle panel shows or hides the panel) , but nothing for getting the icon back on the titlebar

[gjsjohnmurray]

Are you right-clicking on the ... there?

[sanket-bhalerao]

aha, yup got them back. kudos to your patience :) thank you so much!