macOS: restore a one-click top-right "Open with" menu for the current workspace

What version of the Codex App are you using?

Not captured. The behavior changed immediately after a recent desktop-app update, observed on 2026-08-26.

What platform are you using?

macOS (Chinese UI).

What issue are you seeing?

A recent UI update moved the frequently used current-workspace launcher from a direct top-right toolbar action into a nested menu in the upper-left task/project header:

1. Click the ... button beside the task/project title.
2. Open Open with (打开方式).
3. Choose VS Code or Terminal.

Previously, I could open the current workspace directly in VS Code or Terminal from the top-right toolbar. The top-right area now contains Share instead.

This is not merely a cosmetic relocation: opening the current folder in VS Code or Terminal is a high-frequency development action. The additional click plus a hover-dependent submenu makes the workflow noticeably slower and breaks established muscle memory.

The available targets are still detected correctly (VS Code, Finder, Terminal, Xcode, IntelliJ IDEA); they have only been moved behind the extra menu level.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open a local project/task in the macOS Codex desktop app.
2. Look for the workspace/external-app launcher in the top-right toolbar.
3. Observe that the available way to launch VS Code or Terminal is now:
   • task/project title ... → Open with → VS Code / Terminal.

What is the expected behavior?

Please restore a first-level, top-right Open with / Open in launcher for the current workspace, with VS Code and Terminal reachable in one interaction.

At minimum, please provide a preference that lets users choose between:

• the compact new menu placement, and
• the previous direct toolbar launcher.

A keyboard shortcut or a way to pin/reorder common targets would also help, but restoring the direct workspace launcher is the important part.

Additional information

This is a daily workflow regression rather than a failure to detect installed apps. I can provide a screenshot of the current nested menu if needed.

Related but not duplicate:

• #30650 reports the external-app Open In menu missing on a new Windows conversation.
• #30857 reports macOS Open with app-list/toolbar rendering problems.
• #32687 confirms the macOS app previously exposed an Open with dropdown in the top-right toolbar.

No implementation files or tests are named. Start by tracing the macOS desktop app's current task/project title menu and its Open with path, then compare it with the previous top-right toolbar behavior described in the issue. Done means the current workspace can reach VS Code and Terminal from a first-level top-right launcher, or the requested placement preference is available and verified on macOS.