Vscode: "explorer.openEditors.visible":0 does not hide the "Open editors" pane

[lllopo]

• VSCode Version: 1.3.0-insider
• OS Version: Win 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Enable tabs with "workbench.showEditorTabs": true
2. Disable "Open editors" with "explorer.openEditors.visible": 0

The result is that the open editors pane does not disappear from the explorer view. It remains visible showing only one entry - the currently focused tab instead. Switching a tab changes this single entry to the newly focused tab. Setting the "explorer.openEditors.visible" to 9 or something works as intended, showing the opened documents.

[bpasero]

@isidorn can you look?

[isidorn]

Can not repro this both on win10 and os x.
Do you still see the behavior with "workbench.showEditorTabs": false?
If you reproduce it regularly can you please attach a short gif / or at least a screenshot

[lllopo]

There you go. You can also see all my settings on the screenshot. Btw., I notice my explorer view looks whole lot differently than yours.

[lllopo]

ow ... and yes - it is all the same with "workbench.showEditorTabs": false. Also here I demonstrate it with split view, but it is all the same without splits.

[lllopo]

oookay ... found the difference between mine and yours - you have a folder opened. If I open a folder - all looks just as yours and ok, when I close the folder - then the above happens.

[isidorn]

Yes - this is as designed - you have a no workspace view and in that case we always show the open editors view.
As soon as you open a folder for your workspace that setting will be respected.

If more users find this confusing I can reopen this issue and always respect that setting even in a no folder workspace.

[lllopo]

ow ... clear ... though a bit confusing indeed.

[geoctrl]

+1 to revisit this issue - totally expected the pane to disappear after following the instructions in the comments...

I'm curious why the pane remains there if no folder is open? @isidorn mentioned that it's designed this way... would love to understand why.

If nothing else, the comment in the JSON should explain when this setting will be respected...

[manuelmanhart]

IMO this should be looked at again. I set "explorer.openEditors.visible": 0 and in the "no folder mode" the list has the height of 1 item, even when I add open 10. So for me it is a bit confusing on one hand and not a helpful "feature" on the other hand.

My expectation would be that the pane ist always hidden when i set 0.