Latest update 0.46.2 breaks positioning for 'Chat' Pane

Bug Reports
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I see that the ‘composer’ and ‘chat’ are now merged. Cool.

BUT - Now when I try to move the Pane for Chat into my ‘Panel’ (where I prefer it), it does not work. It is just stuck in the secondary sidebar permanently.

Is this a bug or by design?

Either way, I’m not happy about it, I don’t want my Agent on the other side of the editor from my Explorer, as it makes dragging links from the Explorer into a new chat (something I do often) much, much more difficult.

Can you please restore the default positioning functionality for the Chat Pane?

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Env Details:

Version: 0.46.2
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 84b9c6d907219bb8c2874f299540eb6a079187a0
Date: 2025-02-23T00:58:36.467Z (19 hrs ago)
Electron: 32.2.6
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.3.0

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2

I rolled back to the latest update available on the website (0.45.15), but the app is autoupdating itself back to this ‘broken’ beta one.

How do I pause these updates, please, until this latest version is fixed? (or at least until the changelog is published on the site?)

It was helpful having two separate histories and Panes for Chat and Composer, and to be able to customize their locations in the IDE - was this a decision driven by public demand? Seems like an odd one…and a step backward in UX/functionality.

3

This is my preferred layout, which is sadly no longer possible, with the latest (breaking changes) update:

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4

Hey, you can drag and drop the panel if you prefer a different location for it.

5

Well, I could, until version 0.46.2 - and then it is broken, and won’t let you reposition it, which is why I reported this

6

I can confirm you can no longer move it to the Primary side bar (Which is where I like it)

Also when you do have it in the Primary side bar (before it was broken) it has an icon exactly like explorer.

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7

Hair. Except you have an update and I who haven’t arrived so far. Option to update the IDE

8

Confirmed. It’s also broken for me.

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9

Yeah unable to move chat from the side panel to the bottom panel next to terminal. Can’t drag/drop, can’t use the Move To menu.