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desktop: no projects/sessions sidebar; "View > Toggle Sidebar" is unresponsive #58101
Description
Summary
In OpenCode Desktop 2.1.2 (new tab-based UI) there is no persistent sidebar listing projects and their sessions like other AI coding clients (e.g. Codex) provide. The leftover menu item View > Toggle Sidebar does nothing, which makes navigating multiple projects and chats very disorienting.
Environment
- opencode version: 2.1.2 (Desktop, release channel)
- OS: Windows 10 22H2 (Windows_NT 10.0.19045, x64)
- Terminal: Unavailable: desktop app, no terminal involved
- Shell: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
- Install/channel: latest release (installed 2026-10-22 from opencode.ai)
- Active plugins: none
Reproduction
- Install and open OpenCode Desktop 2.1.2 on Windows.
- Open any project and start or resume a session.
- Click View > Toggle Sidebar in the application menu (shortcut shown as Ctrl+`).
Expected Behavior
One of the following:
- A toggleable left sidebar listing projects with their sessions/chats (similar to Codex and other desktop AI coding clients), OR
- If the tab-based UI intentionally replaced the sidebar, the dead menu item should be removed or remapped to a view that actually exists.
Actual Behavior
Nothing happens — no visual change in the layout.
Notes from inspecting the installed app bundle (resources/app.asar, v2.1.2):
- The menu item dispatches the
sidebar.togglecommand. - The only sidebar implementation found in the bundle is the diff viewer panel (it carries diff title/stats/file filtering), not a projects/sessions list. So the toggle only has meaning inside the diff view and is a no-op during normal session work.
Additional Context
- Previously reported as [Desktop BETA] Sidebar missing #28971 (closed as completed) and Desktop App: 'Toggle Sidebar' menu option (Ctrl+B) is unresponsive in new UI #29902 (closed as not planned after inactivity), but the problem persists in the latest release 2.1.2.
- Multiple users on [Desktop BETA] Sidebar missing #28971 explicitly asked for a Codex-style layout: projects visible on the left with a session list per project, at least as an opt-in toggle. The current tab-only UI mixes sessions from all projects into one tab strip, which becomes unmanageable with several projects open.
- Suggestion: make the projects/sessions sidebar an optional layout mode alongside tabs, so both workflows are supported.
Activity
opencode-agent commentedon Oct 22, 2026
Thanks for the detailed report and for digging into the app bundle! I think this is a duplicate of #55536.
You're right about the cause. The View → Toggle Sidebar item sends
sidebar.toggle, but the app never registers a command with that id, so the item does nothing. Work on this is in progress in #57919 and #56930.Your request for a projects/sessions sidebar is already tracked as feature requests. Related issues, ordered by likelihood:
Until then, Settings → General → Tabs → "Vertical" shows your tabs as a list on the side, which some users in #55536 found close to a session sidebar.
Please follow those issues and add your 👍 or details there. The bot will close this issue as a duplicate in 1 day unless you reply explaining how your problem is different.