Update welcome screen UI components and fix unused variable

webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatView.tsx

@@ -1225,8 +1225,8 @@ const ChatViewComponent: React.ForwardRefRenderFunction<ChatViewRef, ChatViewPro
 					{telemetrySetting === "unset" && <TelemetryBanner />}
 					{showAnnouncement && <Announcement version={version} hideAnnouncement={hideAnnouncement} />}
 
-					<RooHero />
 					{taskHistory.length > 0 && <HistoryPreview showHistoryView={showHistoryView} />}
+					<RooHero />
 				</div>
 			)}
 

webview-ui/src/components/history/HistoryPreview.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { memo } from "react"
+import { memo, useState, useEffect } from "react"
 
 import { vscode } from "@/utils/vscode"
 import { formatLargeNumber, formatDate } from "@/utils/format"
@@ -16,20 +16,50 @@ type HistoryPreviewProps = {
 const HistoryPreview = ({ showHistoryView }: HistoryPreviewProps) => {
 	const { tasks, showAllWorkspaces } = useTaskSearch()
 	const { t } = useAppTranslation()
+	// Use a consistent key for localStorage
+	const STORAGE_KEY = "historyPreview.minimized"
+
+	// Initialize state from localStorage with fallback
+	const [minimized, setMinimized] = useState(() => {
+		try {
+			const savedState = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY)
+			return savedState === "true"
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.error("Failed to access localStorage:", e)
+			return false
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Persist state changes to localStorage and notify VSCode
+	useEffect(() => {
+		try {
+			localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, minimized.toString())
+
+			// Notify VSCode about state change to persist across sessions
+			vscode.postMessage({
+				type: "historyPreviewState",
+				minimized,
+			})
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.error("Failed to save history preview state:", e)
+		}
+	}, [minimized])
+
+	const toggleMinimized = () => {
+		setMinimized(!minimized)
+	}
 
 	return (
 		<>
-			<div className="flex flex-col gap-3 shrink-0 mx-5">
-				{!!tasks.length && (
-					<div className="flex items-center justify-between text-vscode-descriptionForeground">
-						<div className="flex items-center gap-1">
-							<span className="codicon codicon-comment-discussion scale-90 mr-1" />
-							<span className="font-medium text-xs uppercase">{t("history:recentTasks")}</span>
-						</div>
-						<Button variant="ghost" size="sm" onClick={() => showHistoryView()} className="uppercase">
-							{t("history:viewAll")}
-						</Button>
-					</div>
+			<div className="flex flex-col gap-3 shrink-0 mx-4">
+				{tasks.length > 0 && (
+					<Button
+						variant="secondary"
+						size="default"
+						onClick={toggleMinimized}
+						className="w-full text-center py-4 bg-vscode-editor-background text-vscode-foreground text-xs uppercase tracking-wider border border-vscode-toolbar-hoverBackground/30 hover:border-vscode-toolbar-hoverBackground/60">
+						{minimized ? "Show recent tasks" : "Hide recent tasks"}
+					</Button>
 				)}
 				{tasks.length === 0 && (
 					<>
@@ -54,63 +84,62 @@ const HistoryPreview = ({ showHistoryView }: HistoryPreviewProps) => {
 						</Button>
 					</>
 				)}
-				{tasks.slice(0, 3).map((item) => (
-					<div
-						key={item.id}
-						className="bg-vscode-toolbar-hoverBackground/50 hover:bg-vscode-toolbar-hoverBackground/75 rounded-xs relative overflow-hidden opacity-90 hover:opacity-100 cursor-pointer"
-						onClick={() => vscode.postMessage({ type: "showTaskWithId", text: item.id })}>
-						<div className="flex flex-col gap-2 p-3 pt-1">
-							<div className="flex justify-between items-center">
-								<span className="text-xs font-medium text-vscode-descriptionForeground uppercase">
-									{formatDate(item.ts)}
-								</span>
-								<CopyButton itemTask={item.task} />
-							</div>
-							<div
-								className="text-vscode-descriptionForeground overflow-hidden whitespace-pre-wrap"
-								style={{
-									display: "-webkit-box",
-									WebkitLineClamp: 3,
-									WebkitBoxOrient: "vertical",
-									wordBreak: "break-word",
-									overflowWrap: "anywhere",
-								}}>
-								{item.task}
-							</div>
-							<div className="text-xs text-vscode-descriptionForeground">
-								<span>
-									{t("history:tokens", {
-										in: formatLargeNumber(item.tokensIn || 0),
-										out: formatLargeNumber(item.tokensOut || 0),
-									})}
-								</span>
-								{!!item.cacheWrites && (
-									<>
-										{" • "}
-										<span>
-											{t("history:cache", {
-												writes: formatLargeNumber(item.cacheWrites || 0),
-												reads: formatLargeNumber(item.cacheReads || 0),
-											})}
-										</span>
-									</>
-								)}
-								{!!item.totalCost && (
-									<>
-										{" • "}
-										<span>{t("history:apiCost", { cost: item.totalCost?.toFixed(4) })}</span>
-									</>
+				{!minimized &&
+					tasks.slice(0, 3).map((item) => (
+						<div
+							key={item.id}
+							className="bg-vscode-editor-background rounded relative overflow-hidden cursor-pointer border border-vscode-toolbar-hoverBackground/30 hover:border-vscode-toolbar-hoverBackground/60"
+							onClick={() => vscode.postMessage({ type: "showTaskWithId", text: item.id })}>
+							<div className="flex flex-col gap-2 p-3 pt-1">
+								<div className="flex justify-between items-center">
+									<span className="text-xs font-medium text-vscode-descriptionForeground uppercase">
+										{formatDate(item.ts)}
+									</span>
+									<CopyButton itemTask={item.task} />
+								</div>
+								<div
+									className="text-vscode-foreground overflow-hidden whitespace-pre-wrap"
+									style={{
+										display: "-webkit-box",
+										WebkitLineClamp: 2,
+										WebkitBoxOrient: "vertical",
+										wordBreak: "break-word",
+										overflowWrap: "anywhere",
+									}}>
+									{item.task}
+								</div>
+								<div className="text-xs text-vscode-descriptionForeground">
+									<span>
+										Tokens: ↑{formatLargeNumber(item.tokensIn || 0)} ↓
+										{formatLargeNumber(item.tokensOut || 0)}
+									</span>
+									{!!item.totalCost && (
+										<>
+											{" • "}
+											<span>API Cost: ${item.totalCost?.toFixed(4)}</span>
+										</>
+									)}
+								</div>
+								{showAllWorkspaces && item.workspace && (
+									<div className="flex flex-row gap-1 text-vscode-descriptionForeground text-xs mt-1">
+										<span className="codicon codicon-folder scale-80" />
+										<span>{item.workspace}</span>
+									</div>
 								)}
 							</div>
-							{showAllWorkspaces && item.workspace && (
-								<div className="flex flex-row gap-1 text-vscode-descriptionForeground text-xs mt-1">
-									<span className="codicon codicon-folder scale-80" />
-									<span>{item.workspace}</span>
-								</div>
-							)}
 						</div>
-					</div>
-				))}
+					))}
+
+				{/* View All History button */}
+				{!minimized && tasks.length > 0 && (
+					<Button
+						variant="secondary"
+						size="default"
+						onClick={() => showHistoryView()}
+						className="w-full text-center py-4 bg-vscode-editor-background text-vscode-foreground text-xs uppercase tracking-wider border border-vscode-toolbar-hoverBackground/30 hover:border-vscode-toolbar-hoverBackground/60">
+						View all history
+					</Button>
+				)}
 			</div>
 		</>
 	)

webview-ui/src/components/welcome/RooHero.tsx

@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 import { useState } from "react"
 import { useAppTranslation } from "../../i18n/TranslationContext"
+import { VSCodeLink } from "@vscode/webview-ui-toolkit/react"
 
 const WelcomeView = () => {
-	const { t } = useAppTranslation()
+	// Import translation but don't use it yet
+	useAppTranslation()
 
 	const [imagesBaseUri] = useState(() => {
 		const w = window as any
 		return w.IMAGES_BASE_URI || ""
 	})
 
 	return (
-		<div style={{ padding: "10px 20px", flexShrink: 0 }} className="flex flex-col items-center mt-8 gap-2">
+		<div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center h-full px-5 py-2.5">
 			<div
 				style={{
 					backgroundColor: "var(--vscode-foreground)",
@@ -24,7 +26,35 @@ const WelcomeView = () => {
 				className="mx-auto">
 				<img src={imagesBaseUri + "/roo-logo.svg"} alt="Roo logo" className="h-8 opacity-0" />
 			</div>
-			<h2 className="">{t("chat:greeting")}</h2>
+
+			<h2 className="text-3xl font-semibold leading-none text-vscode-editor-foreground mb-2 whitespace-nowrap font-vscode">
+				Roo Code
+			</h2>
+
+			<p className="text-vscode-editor-foreground leading-tight mb-6 font-vscode text-center">
+				Generate, refactor, and debug code with AI assistance.
+				<br />
+				Check out our <VSCodeLink href="https://docs.roocode.com/">documentation</VSCodeLink> to learn more.
+			</p>
+
+			<div className="flex flex-col items-start space-y-2 text-vscode-editor-foreground font-vscode max-w-[250px]">
+				<div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+					<span className="codicon codicon-list-tree"></span>
+					<span>
+						<VSCodeLink href="https://docs.roocode.com/features/boomerang-tasks">
+							Boomerang Tasks
+						</VSCodeLink>
+						: Orchestrate complex workflows with subtasks
+					</span>
+				</div>
+				<div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+					<span className="codicon codicon-pinned"></span>
+					<span>
+						<VSCodeLink href="https://docs.roocode.com/basic-usage/using-modes">Sticky Models</VSCodeLink>:
+						Each mode remembers your last used model
+					</span>
+				</div>
+			</div>
 		</div>
 	)
 }

webview-ui/src/components/welcome/WelcomeView.tsx

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const WelcomeView = () => {
 
 	return (
 		<Tab>
-			<TabContent className="flex flex-col gap-5">
+			<TabContent className="flex flex-col gap-5 h-full">
 				<RooHero />
 
 				<div className="outline rounded p-4">