Feature Request: Maximise a pane by clicking on the header

[mdlnz]

It would be great if you could maximise a pane (not sure that's the right technical term) by clicking on its header, as in Eclipse. For example, you click on the tab which shows the filename of the script you are working on, and then that takes up the whole screen. Double click again, and you are back to seeing everything. Same with the console, terminal, plots etc. That would be super useful.

[juliasilge]

Thank you for this feature request! 🙌

This is the kind of UI work that we aren't likely to pick it in the near term, because we are focusing on data science features and largely choosing to inherit and not change the UI choices of code-oss upstream. However, we can use this post to track interest in this kind of feature. If you want to try out some existing tools for maximizing various panes, try out the commands like this:

• View: Maximize Editor Group and Hide Side Bars
• View: Toggle Maximized Secondary Side Bar
• View: Maximize Panel

[timtmok]

I'll also add that views can be moved from the right sidebar to the left or the bottom/auxiliary bars so you can maximize them (even if it's a bit roundabout).

Also, Assistant chats can be opened in the editor area as well (invoked as a command or from the view's overflow menu). Plots can be opened in its own window or editor area to give it more space.

[mdlnz]

Hello, Thank you for your speedy response. I really want to like Positron, but I am having a hard time with it. For example, I try to maximise my code window, I need to press Ctrl Alt P, type in the magic phrase. Turns out the cursor was in the console, so now I have maximised the console instead, and spend half an hour trying to find the code window again. I frequently find myself typing into areas the size of my phone, with my giant screen taken up my all sorts of things that don't interest me at that moment. Data Science features are all very well, but the whole thing is just too hard to use. I am messing around with sliders the whole time to adjust panel sizes. Thank you again, Michel

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On 03.12.2025 18:13, Julia Silge wrote: Thank you for this feature request! 🙌 This is the kind of UI work that we aren't likely to pick it in the near term, because we are focusing on data science features and largely choosing to inherit and not change the UI choices of code-oss upstream. However, we can use this post to track interest in this kind of feature. If you want to try out some existing tools for maximizing various panes, try out the commands like this: * _View: Maximize Editor Group and Hide Side Bars_ * _View: Toggle Maximized Secondary Side Bar_ * _View: Maximize Panel_ -- Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub [1], or unsubscribe [2]. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***> Links: ------ [1] #10868 (comment) [2] https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BDM73GS2QI3XBMTRYLHMEV3374KZ7AVCNFSM6AAAAACNXBEVDCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTKMJVGE4DGMA

[juliasilge]

Thanks for this feedback! It's true that the UI of Positron is extremely flexible and customizable. I find that I have the best experience when I use the layout presets for different types of uses:
https://positron.posit.co/layout.html#layout-presets