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Toggle to hide tool call activity during streaming

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Description

### Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve

Toggle to hide tool call activity during streaming

### Proposed solution

When the model uses tools, the UI shows intermediate activity like:
"Checking my documentation"
└ # GitHub Copilot CLI Documentation
"Running bash command"
└ ...

This is informative but noisy, especially for quick questions where multiple tools fire.

Request: Add a keybinding (e.g., Ctrl+T style) or /command to toggle between:
1. Show all tool activity (current default)
2. Show only final response text (hidden tool calls) + show in footer/status bar that call activity is hidden

The hidden view would still show the final answer — just hide the intermediate "working on it" indicators. Similar to how Ctrl+T toggles reasoning display.

### Example prompts or workflows

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### Additional context

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Research direction

Start by locating the existing Ctrl+T reasoning-display toggle and the code that renders streaming tool activity. Implement a toggle between full activity and final-response-only output, with hidden status shown in the footer or status bar, and verify both display modes during tool-using prompts.

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Assessment

Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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