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[FEATURE]: Allow the project and session sidebar to be used alongside session tabs #37273
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Describe the enhancement you want to request
Before version 1.18.0, the project sidebar made it easy to switch between projects while also seeing the sessions associated with each project.
This layout used screen space efficiently, kept sessions clearly organized by project, and could be collapsed when more workspace was needed.
The new tab-based interface is a good addition, but it introduces several regressions. Ideally, users should be able to choose between the previous sidebar workflow and the new tab workflow, or use both together.
The active project is no longer clearly visible
With the new session tabs, it is difficult to identify which project a session belongs to at a glance.
The project can currently only be identified through:
The project icon.
Hovering over the tab to see the folder path.
The hover tooltip is also unreliable and sometimes does not appear.
In previous versions, the project sidebar always made it clear which project was active, while keeping its sessions neatly grouped underneath it.
A possible solution would be to keep the project and session sidebar while also supporting multiple tabs. Tabs could remain useful for quickly switching between active sessions, especially when the sidebar is collapsed.
This would preserve the efficient project organization of the previous interface while adding the convenience of the new tab-based workflow.
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github-actions commentedon Jul 16, 2026
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remotxavier commentedon Jul 30, 2026
+1 — running into the same need on macOS 26.5.1, OpenCode desktop latest. The old left sidebar was much more efficient for switching between many parallel sessions than the new top-tabs layout.
Given the current toggle in Desktop → General → New layout is marked as "for a limited time", it's important this feature (or the ability to permanently keep the old layout) lands before the toggle is removed.
Would also work with vertical tabs (#36942) or a permanent legacy-layout option (#37012) — the underlying need is the same: a fast, glance-able list of many sessions in a side panel.
wzgcavtc commentedon Aug 27, 2026
用左侧栏同时管多个项目的会话是刚需，9-14 到期前请保留下旧布局切换
Tarquinen commentedon Oct 20, 2026
We're tracking this in #48882, so I'm closing this as a duplicate. Please follow that issue for updates.
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