eclipse-theia/theia

[statusbar] support hiding individual statusbar items

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#5,664 opened on Jul 8, 2019

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enhancementhelp wantedshellstatusbarui/ux

Description

High Level

Support hiding/showing statusbar items.

Description

I think it'd be useful as a user to be able to hide/show statusbar items. With many extensions and plugins contributing statusbar items, the statusbar can become cluttered and important (or useful information for a given user) and having the option to display items which the user cares about can be useful. This means that for a given user, and even workspace the user can choose which items to display.

The feature was recently added to vscode. https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_36#_hide-individual-status-bar-items

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Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Theia's statusbar implementationTypeScriptFamiliarity with VSCode statusbar API
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
Examine Theia's statusbar implementation, likely in packages/statusbar or similar. Look at how statusbar items are registered and rendered. Possibly introduce a visibility toggle for each item. Review how VSCode implemented the feature for reference, especially the UI changes and API additions. Check if there are any existing tests for the statusbar.