Add ability to toggle full file contents when in Codex Diff view in VSCode
Open 💬 4 comments Opened Jul 21, 2026 by jason-smarty
What variant of Codex are you using?
VS Code Extension
What feature would you like to see?
When I hit review after a set of changes are made, it opens the Codex Diff view. This view is always collapsed to see just the changes that were made by codex and it hides all the unmodified lines. The problem here is I don't often have context to understand the changes made. I need to see the whole file with the changes highlighted. I'm accustomed to seeing that in order to understand what's being changed. Please add a button to toggle this on or off
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4 Comments
ChatGPT Codex app.
Unmodified lines are hidden in the review view, which is inconvenient. Without the surrounding context, it's difficult to determine whether a code change is reasonable.
+1
+1 Yes the changes need to be more visible
+1 — this is important for reviewing changes safely. A diff without the surrounding unchanged code makes it much harder to understand intent, verify behavior, and catch unintended side effects. Please add an option to show the full file with changes highlighted.