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I think a lot of us can agree with the last bit, but that said VS Code is actually pretty darn nice.

falcolas 10y ago
In my opinion, the fact that VS Code performs well is not something to be praised. For such a minimalistic code editor, good performance should be one of absolute minimum requirements. The domain of minimal code editors is well explored and quite mature, and the platforms upon which VC runs are all quite stable with well known performance characteristics. If we can't make software work well under these conditions, we have bigger problems that we need to address.
Existenceblinks 10y ago
Do you know how to remove 5 stupid menus on the left; explorer, search, git, debug, and extension. I don't agree with all these as default. Explorer (basically the nav tree): Just give me a toggle key and hide it by default please (I mean hide its icon nav too) Search: really? something + F is fine for short key like the others do. Git: I haven't even tried to use version control inside text editor. It is just illusion of ease. It's not significantly different from switching to a terminal. A terminal has its jobs to do, please use it. You will use it anyway for other tasks. Extension: This is even worse to be default. I don't think I have something to frequently do with extensions. I like its light computation compared to Atom. I had switched to VS Code for a while, then switched back to Atom. Maybe I'm just lazy to remember new keys. Edit:: Just found it, "Hide activity bar". Sorry for being lazy :/
- benley 10y ago
  Jut hit ctrl-b to collapse them. I don't know how to completely get rid of the icon strip, but it doesn't have to be a big sidebar.
  - Existenceblinks 10y ago
    Thanks, I knew cmd|crtl+b. But yes, I'd like to completely hide them. It is annoying to see something I don't use appear on screen, even its icons.
- lvillani 10y ago
  Put this in your settings file: "workbench.activityBar.visible": false
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In my opinion, the fact that VS Code performs well is not something to be praised. For such a minimalistic code editor, good performance should be one of absolute minimum requirements. The domain of minimal code editors is well explored and quite mature, and the platforms upon which VC runs are all quite stable with well known performance characteristics. If we can't make software work well under these conditions, we have bigger problems that we need to address.

Existenceblinks 10y ago

Do you know how to remove 5 stupid menus on the left; explorer, search, git, debug, and extension. I don't agree with all these as default. Explorer (basically the nav tree): Just give me a toggle key and hide it by default please (I mean hide its icon nav too) Search: really? something + F is fine for short key like the others do. Git: I haven't even tried to use version control inside text editor. It is just illusion of ease. It's not significantly different from switching to a terminal. A terminal has its jobs to do, please use it. You will use it anyway for other tasks. Extension: This is even worse to be default. I don't think I have something to frequently do with extensions. I like its light computation compared to Atom. I had switched to VS Code for a while, then switched back to Atom. Maybe I'm just lazy to remember new keys. Edit:: Just found it, "Hide activity bar". Sorry for being lazy :/

benley 10y ago
Jut hit ctrl-b to collapse them. I don't know how to completely get rid of the icon strip, but it doesn't have to be a big sidebar.
- Existenceblinks 10y ago
  Thanks, I knew cmd|crtl+b. But yes, I'd like to completely hide them. It is annoying to see something I don't use appear on screen, even its icons.
lvillani 10y ago
Put this in your settings file: "workbench.activityBar.visible": false

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