It would be great if it were possible to have an icon on the side bar the toggles the bookmark list view!
e.g.

Hi @ashmckenzie ,
I remember that in the beginning, this is how the extensions would work. But for some reason, it was changed to add a new _Panel_ in Explorer.
Looking for news about it, I found this issue in VS Code repo, and doing a small test, I was able to _move_ the Bookmarks panel from the Explorer
view to its own view. So, it appear _it is returning_ π .
But, I still need this other issue, which is planned only for May 2018. I see the _pros_ and _cons_ of both views, and I would really like to be able to _choose_ which one to use.
Hope this helps
For reference: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_23#_contributions-to-the-activity-bar
I would be in favor of an activity bar add vs explorer pane, largely to keep explorer more clean, and I tend to use bookmark-list over the pane
It appears (based on reactions) that _maybe_ there is need to be able to _choose_ between a Panel in Explorer View _and_ an Bookmarks View _(exclusive),_ am I right? π
So, let's vote?
π - Completely move to a new Bookmarks View
π - Create a setting to choose between view (wait for https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/48704)
I think it'd be better to make it as an option so everyone will be able to choose whichever s/he prefers. Everybody wins. π
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It appears (based on reactions) that _maybe_ there is need to be able to _choose_ between a Panel in Explorer View _and_ an Bookmarks View _(exclusive),_ am I right? π
So, let's vote?
π - Completely move to a new Bookmarks View
π - Create a setting to choose between view (wait for https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/48704)