Feature request: show project/workspace folder in Codex Desktop left sidebar
Feature request
Please add an option in Codex Desktop to show the project/workspace folder for each chat/session in the left sidebar.
Problem
In the current Desktop sidebar, chat rows mostly show the conversation title. When I have several sessions open or recently active, it is easy to lose track of which folder/project each session is actually working in.
This is especially confusing when:
- multiple sessions have generic or similar titles
- several projects are active at once
- a session is running while another project is open
- a project uses generated folders under
Documents/Codex/... - the main pane is split with a browser/preview, so the sidebar is the quickest place to re-orient
From the user's perspective, I often want to answer one basic question before clicking a chat:
Which project/folder is this session attached to?
Right now that is not always visible enough in the left sidebar, so it is easy to feel lost or accidentally resume the wrong project context.
Desired behavior
Add a setting or sidebar view option such as:
Show project folder in sidebarShow workspace path under chat titlesShow project badges for chats
Possible UI shapes:
- Show a second, muted line under each chat title with the workspace/project basename, for example:
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- Show a compact project/folder badge on each row, with the full absolute path in a tooltip.
- Show the project basename by default and reveal the full path on hover/right-click/context menu.
- For projectless/generated sessions, show a clear label such as
Projectless,Documents/Codex/..., or the generated folder name.
Why this matters
Codex Desktop encourages multi-session and multi-project workflows. The more useful that becomes, the more important session orientation becomes.
Showing the current workspace/folder in the sidebar would help users:
- resume the correct session faster
- avoid mixing up similar chats across projects
- trust that a session is scoped to the intended repository/folder
- diagnose cases where a chat appears under the wrong project or workspace
- manage concurrent coding sessions more safely
Suggested details
- Keep it optional if the extra text makes the sidebar too dense.
- Truncate paths intelligently, but provide the full path on hover/copy.
- Prefer the project/workspace display name when available, with the actual folder path available as secondary detail.
- Make the currently selected chat's workspace especially visible, either in the row, header, or both.
This is not a data-loss report. It is a usability request to make the current session's workspace/project identity visible at a glance.
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