Reimplement Composer within the right hand side bar

In 0.38, I had Composer in the right hand side bar as a tab (inbetween Chat and Review).
But in 0.39, this isn’t possible. See below without Composer:

Can you bring this back please?

The full screen ‘control panel’ view is not a suitable replacement because it covers my entire VS Code screen, which is annoying.

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I agree. This would make the process of using the composer more familiar. Currently I’m not using the composer much because it’s a new workflow I’m not accustomed to.

Although on the second thought, I don’t know, maybe using the composer at the bottom and an additional llm in the sidebar would work better. I still need to try the composer workflow more to say for sure.

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@AuspiciousSolitude - would it suit your needs to be able to drag Composer to its own screen?

I have put in a bug report about that currently not working properly here:

I think being able to have any chat, both Ctrl + L or Ctrl + I, on its own screen would help keep the Editor space ‘clutter free’.

I have found myself chatting with Chat GPT in my browser on another screen, just so I can keep the AI conversation and the code editor on separate screens.

It’s an option I’d use occasionally.
But most of the time I have something else important on my other screen e.g. documentation, or dev version of the app running

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