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Option to open right sidebar as separate window

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Description

### Feature summary

Sidebars as separate windows

### What problem are you trying to solve?

Feature request:
Sometimes it would be very useful, if the right (panels) sidebar could be opened in a **new window**. This would also give some extensive canvases more realestate. All tabs (like Changes, Terminal, Insights, ...) should remain in this new window, same as now in the sidebar.

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| App version | 1.1.7 |
| OS | macOS 15.7.9 |
| Theme | GitHub |
| Path | /chat |
| Tenure | Week 7 |

### Proposed solution

A new settings option, that toggles between "sidebar in main App window" and "sidebar as separate window"

If set to separate window, all tabs of current right sidebar appear in a new window of the running Copilot App

### Workflow impact

- Canvases have more realestate
- multi-display environments profit

### Installation context

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### Additional context

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the right sidebar and settings implementation, then scope separate-window behavior for all listed sidebar tabs. Done means a setting can switch between the main-window sidebar and a separate window while preserving those tabs and giving canvases more space.

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Assessment

Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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