Bohdan TriapitsynandIuliia Ivashko
321cc7252a
## Summary Complete sidebar redesign and comprehensive UI polish pass with performance optimizations, theme system refinements, and desktop integration improvements. ## Key Changes **Sidebar & Navigation Redesign** - Redesigned sessions sidebar layout with unified button primitives - Added activity sections with project grouping and improved session organization - Refined sidebar corners, spacing, and visual hierarchy - Removed NavRail component in favor of streamlined sidebar - Stabilized sessions bar toggle position in fullscreen mode **Performance Optimizations** - Reduced chat streaming CPU usage and storage churn - Optimized task tool polling and live timers with debouncing - Prevented chat state races and reduced background request load - Debounced draft writes and coalesced session reloads - Optimized message store updates and turn tracking **Theme & Visual System** - Added theme-aware window corners (desktop) and border radius tokens - Introduced glassmorphism effects on desktop sidebar - Added backdrop blur to UI elements **Chat Experience** - Added session-based permission auto-accept toggle in chat input - Polished permission shield UX with improved icon sizing and spacing - Fixed chat scroll-to-bottom behavior and timeline tracking - Enhanced tool output display with better path label detection - Removed duplicate draft context details in chat header - Added text selection menu to chat messages **Git Improvements** - Refreshed git history visual design with cleaner dividers - Added remote removal action in sync selector - Stabilized git polling to prevent excessive requests - Improved tool output rendering for git operations **Settings & Panels** - Fixed mobile scrolling on settings pages - Made outside-click settings close instantly - Reduced settings load churn and CPU spikes - Improved services dropdown layout and spacing - Softened panel resize handles **Desktop Integration** - Synced macOS window theme with app theme - Restored window dragging in sidebar header zones - Fixed system window corners on macOS - Improved header session metadata and action controls **Button & Component Standardization** - Unified button primitives across all components - Standardized destructive action patterns - Removed unused button variants (button-large, button-small) - Aligned context tab close hit areas --------- Co-authored-by: Iuliia Ivashko <yulia.ivashko@gmail.com>
OpenChamber VS Code Extension
OpenCode AI coding agent, right inside your editor. No tab-switching, no context loss.
Like the extension? There's also a desktop app and web version with even more features.
What you get
- Chat beside your code — responsive layout that adapts to narrow and wide panels
- Agent Manager — run the same prompt across multiple models in parallel, compare results side by side
- Right-click actions — add context, explain selections, and improve code in-place
- Click-to-open — file paths in tool output open directly in your editor; edit-style results land in a focused diff view
- Session editor panel — keep chat sessions open alongside files
- Theme-aware — adapts to your VS Code light, dark, and high-contrast themes
Plus everything from the shared OpenChamber UI: branchable timeline, smart tool UIs, voice mode, Git workflows, and more.
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
OpenChamber: Focus Chat |
Focus the chat panel |
OpenChamber: New Session |
Start a new chat session |
OpenChamber: Open Sidebar |
Open the OpenChamber sidebar |
OpenChamber: Open Agent Manager |
Launch parallel multi-model runs |
OpenChamber: Open Session in Editor |
Open current or new session in an editor tab |
OpenChamber: Settings |
Open extension settings |
OpenChamber: Restart API Connection |
Restart the OpenCode API process |
OpenChamber: Show OpenCode Status |
Debug info for development or bug reports |
Right-click menu
Select code in the editor, right-click, and find the OpenChamber submenu:
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Add to Context | Attach selection to your next prompt |
| Explain | Ask the agent to explain the selected code |
| Improve Code | Ask the agent to improve the selection in-place |
Configuration
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
openchamber.apiUrl |
(empty) | URL of an external OpenCode API server. Leave empty to auto-start a local instance. |
openchamber.opencodeBinary |
(empty) | Absolute path to the opencode CLI binary. Useful when PATH lookup fails. Requires window reload to apply. |
Requirements
- OpenCode CLI installed and available in PATH (or set
OPENCODE_BINARYenv var) - VS Code 1.85+
Development
bun install
bun run --cwd packages/vscode build
cd packages/vscode && bunx vsce package --no-dependencies
Install locally: code --install-extension packages/vscode/openchamber-*.vsix
License
MIT