Read Side Bar State

[pltrant]

It would be useful to have an API to check to see if the Side Bar is currently expanded or collapsed. I have an extension that makes use of the relatively new TreeData.reveal API to highlight code segments as the user's cursor moves around (they can also click on the tree nodes to go directly there in the code). Currently, reveal will always expand the Side Bar if it's collapsed, which is annoying for users who want to collapse it. Being able to detect the Side Bar state world resolve this issue, as I could then forego the reveal if there Side Bar is collapsed.

[vscodebot]

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Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Improve on inconsistent language: Side Bar vs Activity Bar (#22088)
• Add a command to "Toggle Side Bar" without moving focus (#46092)

[pltrant]

#48198 mostly handles this, so closing this issue.