Regression: "Open in VS Code" moved from one-click session action to Changes-panel dropdown
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Description
Describe the bug
Previously, "Open in VS Code" was a single, directly-clickable button in the session action bar, right next to "Create PR". Now it requires: opening the Changes panel/tab, clicking a small icon button, then selecting "Visual Studio Code" from an "Open in..." dropdown (which also lists Windows Terminal, PowerShell, Visual Studio 2019/2022, etc.). There's no "customize toolbar" option to pin VS Code back as a direct one-click action.
Affected version
1.0.80 (Windows)
Steps to reproduce
- Open a project session with uncommitted changes.
- Look for a way to open the changes in VS Code.
- Note it's no longer next to "Create PR" — you must open the Changes tab, click the small app-icon button, and choose "Visual Studio Code" from the dropdown each time.
Expected behavior
"Open in VS Code" (or last-used editor) should be a single click accessible from the main session action bar, as it was before, or the dropdown should remember/default to the last-selected app.
Additional context
OS: Windows
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the Windows 1.0.80 flow with a session containing uncommitted changes, then trace the session action bar and Changes-panel "Open in..." control. Done means restoring a one-click VS Code or last-used-editor action, or making the dropdown remember the selection, with the affected flow covered by a regression test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell, vscode
- Domain
- cli, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100