Allow to hide "Open Editors" section when not opening a folder

[tekopabara]

• VSCode Version: Code 1.8.0 (3874693, 2016-12-13T17:38:28.425Z)
• OS Version: Darwin x64 15.6.0
• Extensions:

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theme-onedark	azemoh	0.4.0
vscode-dash	deerawan	1.1.2
vscode-great-icons	emmanuelbeziat	1.1.28
code-runner	formulahendry	0.6.3
vs-color-picker	lihui	0.3.2
vscode-flow	rtorr	276.3.0
ayu	teabyii	0.2.1

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. set "explorer.openEditors.visible": 0 in user settings
2. the setting does not work as expected

[bpasero]

@StyloBill is this when you have a folder opened in VS Code or when using VS Code empty?

[tekopabara]

Empty VS Code. When a folder is opened, the setting is working as expected.

[bpasero]

ok, this is as designed. when no folder is opened you cannot hide the open editors view.

[Rhywun]

This seems non-intuitive. Why should I need a folder open in order to hide this section that I don't need?

[bpasero]

@Rhywun what is the scenario here? what remains in the "Explorer" when you are not opening a folder and you want to hide the "Open Editors" view?

/cc @sandy081 this actually might become more interesting once we have extensions adding views to the explorer so we probably should just allow to hide "open editors" even when not having a folder open.

[sandy081]

@bpasero Agreed. I would also interested to know the usecase from @Rhywun.

Also is that the user is missing anything if we do not show "Open Editors" (when user is opted to) during no folder scenario?

[bpasero]

No I think it is fine to allow this, but that makes the explorer basically just 1 button to open a folder. Now, with extensions support, it is a different story that makes more sense to me if you have an extension view showing up.

[Rhywun]

@bpasero @sandy081 OK, I see what you're getting at. Without a project open, what's the point of having the Explorer open at all. I think I use vscode more often to open single files rather than projects, and after I applied that setting it just seemed weird that the section was still visible.

Maybe a change to consider for the future like you suggest.

[sandy081]

Related to #27823

[bpasero]

@sandy081 isn't this done?

[sandy081]

Yes.. now you can hide Open Editors section in any (no) workspace. Re #30120

[weinand]

Discussed in standup meeting: this has been already verified.

[t0wer001]

How do you get the Open Editors section back after removing it from the sidebar?

[sandy081]

@AntonBramsen You can right click on the viewlet header area to get it back