allow explorer to float without being attached to the side bar

[octopusoctopusoctopus]

Currently the explorer is tied to the side bar. It would be great to be able to make it float as a separate window and allow it to be a tab in the editor.

[gjsjohnmurray]

/duplicate of #193267 (comment)

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