Closing VSC does not save the past app positioning

[a4ginatl]

Sometimes, when closing VSC, the app positioning and display attributes are lost.

I find that I have to resize the app on the screen most times. The properties on the left panel default to original settings. On the right side, the outline does not open.

It gets frustrating to have to setup each time.

My defaults are to have the OBJECT BROWSER as the only open section.

Darryl Freinkel

This is made worse if I open a second copy of VSC.

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Context	Version
Code for IBM i version	2.17.0
Visual Studio Code version	1.103.2
Operating System	win32_x64

Active extensions

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Not connected 🔌

[chrjorgensen]

Unfortunately the views are not controlled by Code for IBM i - they are controlled by VS Code.
So we have no way of keeping the state of the views between VS Code sessions.

There was a request for saving the view state here, but it didn't get enough votes and were not implemented.

FWIW, I have the same issue, and I have found that the view states are saved when VS Code is closed, but opening VS Code in a new window will show the views in standard setting. So when I have two or more VS Code windows open, I'm careful and close the window with my preferred setting as the last one.

[chrjorgensen]

Btw, you can disable the HELP AND SUPPORT view by right-clicking the header and select to hide this view:

This will give you some additional screen space - and you can enable it again by right-clicking another header or the three dots next to the `IBM I´.

[SanjulaGanepola]

I also stumbled across this similar request which is still open, but sadly hasn't seen much activity. As @chrjorgensen suggested, best option would be to hide views which you don't use often.