The copilot chat sidebar in VSCode 1.96 can't be closed using a pointer device

[Perdolique]

The copilot chat sidebar in VSCode 1.96 can't be closed using a pointer device (e.g.: mouse) because the close button disappeared.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.96
• OS Version: Windows 11

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open Copilot chat
2. Close button doesn't exist

[gjsjohnmurray]

Probably #232719

[Ky6uk]

Not sure actually, because it was there before the update yesterday. 🤔

[gjsjohnmurray]

Is your Activity Bar position set to 'top'?

[Perdolique]

Is your Activity Bar position set to 'top'?

It's "Hidden", but toggling it as "Default" (on the right side) also makes x button visible again. Everything was okay in v1.95.

Update: "Top", "Bottom" and "Hidden" make Copilot chat unclosable (it's on the right side).

[gjsjohnmurray]

Do you have the set of layout buttons at the right-hand end of your window title bar? One of those will toggle visibility of the Secondary Side Bar where Copilot Chat now lives by default.

[Perdolique]

Do you have the set of layout buttons at the right-hand end of your window title bar? One of those will toggle visibility of the Secondary Side Bar where Copilot Chat now lives by default.

I'm not sure (already lost in the bars around). This is what I have:

Activity Bar Position -> Hidden	Activity Bar Position -> Default

[Amanoki]

Same issue. The close button existed in v1.95 and disappeared from the Secondary Sidebar since v1.96 release.
My settings:

"workbench.activityBar.location": "bottom",
"workbench.editor.editorActionsLocation": "titleBar",  // Therefore no layout buttons on title bar

This looks relevant: #233330

In my case I keep the Primary Sidebar always displayed and only temporarily call up the Secondary Sidebar when needed and close it later. This change makes that inconvenient because now I can't quickly close the Secondary Sidebar though the close button, but need to click multiple times to find the toggle option from the context menu or top menu (View -> Appearance -> ...).

[benibenj]

Closing as a duplicate. Regarding the layout buttons not showing with "workbench.editor.editorActionsLocation": "titleBar". We will be changing that with this issue: #232798