Bug:Vscode Keyboard Shortcut "chatgpt.sidebarView.focus" work badly on the newest version of Codex plugin
What version of the VS Code extension are you using?
v0.4.68
What subscription do you have?
GPT Teams
Which IDE are you using?
VsCode
What platform is your computer?
Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64
What issue are you seeing?
As Soon as I've updated to v0.4.68, when i use keyboard shortcut focus on the sidebar of codex, it can't automatically display the cursor in the input box (exactly can't type anything until I click the input box) appear like this:
<img width="626" height="290" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a0cc5729-55da-4f08-8f3a-c70e69c375f9" />
The right response should appear like this:
<img width="639" height="273" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8828cb72-0b95-4833-a4b9-3632f17c4672" />
As soon as I downgrade the version of plugins to v0.4.47 , the bug don't appear anymore.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Use the vscode plugin v0.4.68 , and put codex view to the right sidebar. Then close the right sidebar and use Vscode commant User View Container: Focus on Codex View trying to open the sidebar view of codex. Then try to enter some chapter , you will find out that no chapter was entered into the input box and cursor don't appear in the input box.
What is the expected behavior?
It works the same as v0.4.67.
Additional information
_No response_
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I have the same problem. It's pretty annoying. Hopefully it can be resolve soon, thanks.
This has completely broken my workflow! I had keybindings nicely set up, I was jumping back and forth between the text editor and codex-chat really fluently, and now I have to mess with the mouse EVERY TIME I want to jump into codex on vscode!
Please sort out the keybindings and then NEVER touch them again! Having to get back into the mental space of re-setting up keybindings is so deflating to a developer's sanity!
Hi all! Thanks for reporting! I have a fix in the pipeline and I will report back when that is fixed. Sorry about the inconvenience.
I noticed that "Codex: Focus on Codex View" usually causes the plus button (add files) to be focused. During a few days I was able to get by by pressing Shift+Tab to get to the input box. However, now there seems to be a different key binding at play: Shift+Tab toggles planning mode, so it's no longer possible to use it to jump back to the input box.
Any updates? I'm still facing this issue
still not fixed...
I'm surprised how little attention this is getting from the community. Am I the only developer in the world who uses codex in VSCode? Am I missing something? Perhaps there is afresh updated guide on how to set up keybindings so that one can jump between the codex chat and the text editor panes just like one can easily do in Windsurf, Cursor, etc.
I hate having to switch IDEs all the time, but I will have to consider going back to windsurf, etc. soon.
The fix was merged and will be included in the next release, hopefully later today.
Hi all! Just a quick update - the fix has been merged and should be included in the next release.
Thanks for your patience! We have just released
0.4.76and that includes the fix. Please let us know if there is any more issues.Is there no longer an explicit do-not-make-edits/planning mode?