Allow editors to shrink to only their tab sizes

[jonlepage]

Thank you for the latest update, this seems to be heading in the right direction for tabs view organisation.
However, I have some issues with the compact mode.
The arrangement of the panels still seems too large!

I would like to be able to do away with this height and maybe keep only the Breadcrumbs visible.
The excessive margin is rather unnecessary and takes up space for no reason in the layout.
Would it be possible to make the compact mode more compact?

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expected : css edit

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Version: 1.83.0 (user setup)
Commit: e7e0370
Date: 2023-10-03T16:12:16.321Z
Electron: 25.8.4
ElectronBuildId: 24154031
Chromium: 114.0.5735.289
Node.js: 18.15.0
V8: 11.4.183.29-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Steps to Reproduce:

[bpasero]

I think related to / duplicate of #33607, though here specifically to only show breadcrumbs.

@djmisterjon so why don't you just disable tabs altogether then?

[jonlepage]

I think related to / duplicate of #33607, though here specifically to only show breadcrumbs.

@djmisterjon so why don't you just disable tabs altogether then?

i tryed your suggestion but seem not work !
"workbench.editor.showTabs": false ?

all tabs organisation just gone !

[bpasero]

@djmisterjon then I probably misunderstood your ask, can you phrase in simple terms how it should behave?

[jonlepage]

@djmisterjon then I probably misunderstood your ask, can you phrase in simple terms how it should behave?

oki np, i will also make a gif tonight thanks for your time

[bpasero]

👍

[jonlepage]

👍

sorry for the delay.
here, Sometimes it is said that a picture is worth a thousand words😊.

As you can see towards the end of the GIF, the height contracts by css hack.
I haven't been able to find the location where the calculation is done in your source code, and I expected it to be done with CSS and flexbox !.
However, it seems that your calculations are done manually.
Therefore, I would like know if is possible to have a option that allows these sections to be compacted but keep only the Breadcrumbs visible like the end of the gif.

is this help to understand ?

edit

I want to provide a clarification and a brief justification for my ergonomic and organizational choice if is needed.
It is adapted and optimized for solo work on a large project with multiple workspaces for different contexts.
I typically work with two editors, each with several sections tailored to the workflow.

In a corporate setting , this is something that is rare to see due to task delegation.
We often restrict ourselves to having only a few tabs open based on specialized tasks and get abstraction of everything else.

But in solo working, i really need to maximize my workspace, in which I use the ctrl+P navigation approximately 80% of the time and 20% of the time i rely on visual navigation linked to a well-defined tab structure and organization.
So it why i need compact setting because i need keep my tabs organisation like this.

i add this just to clarify why i request this if is needed :)

[benibenj]

Thanks for clarifying! We are currently working on a feature which would allow you to fully maximize the current editor group #194894. Would this be helpful for your case?
When toggled, it would hide all other editors, giving you the maximum space possible. When you want to switch editor group, you could toggle out of the maximize mode and pick a different editor group to maximize.

[jonlepage]

We are currently working on a feature which would allow you to fully maximize the current editor group #194894.

Thank you, yes it does seem to be related to my request , but not sure ,i cant see preview.
Do you think it will be possible to keep a preview of others tabs from other editor sections?
Because I like to have a view of the other sections tabs when I'm thinking or scan with my eyes.
In fact, i just find that the other sections use too much unnecessarily height and could be greatly reduced in the calculation of padding or margin.
I work on multi screen on 50-inch 4K screen, so it's not a problem to have a screen loaded with tabs with small fonts as long as I understand their organizational reasons.
I would even say it's a feature because it helps me a lot with my productivity

I just find it a pity to lose ~15% of height unnecessarily linked to the calculation of split between editor sections.

you could toggle out of the maximize mode and pick a different editor group to maximize.

so it will not automatically ? I will probably need to test it to see if it's better because I'm already a bit overwhelmed with many shortcuts

[bpasero]

I think I understood the request now: we keep a minimal size for editors that makes the editor groups have a minimal size. The ask here is to allow to make editor groups as small so that only the title area shows, but not the editor.

[vscodenpa]

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[jonlepage]

I think I understood the request now: we keep a minimal size for editors that makes the editor groups have a minimal size. The ask here is to allow to make editor groups as small so that only the title area shows, but not the editor.

yes sry, i am not familiar with the VSCode API: the "section" was "editor groups"
or 'split-view-view' according to the official class name.

If you have time, can you provide me the link to the source code where this is implemented and computed ?
I would like to try making a MonkeyPatch because your vote system on GitHub is not very efficient.
This would involve regularly checking GitHub or promoting and pestering your colleagues to get votes, and I'm not a fan of that kind of social practice.

note: However, it would be great if you could centralize feature requests directly within VSCode. I would actively participate in voting for features. Currently, I vote about once every 3 or 4 months when I remember, and I'm being generous because most of time am not here for this !

thanks for your time

[vscodenpa]

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[vscodenpa]

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