Is there a shortcut to hide the side bar in Visual Studio Code?

Question

It\'d be handy if there was a keyboard shortcut for hiding and showing the sidebar. Sublime has cmd+k+b and it\'s a quick way of gaining som

Answer 1

Just in case you be intended for hiding the right lateral "sidebar", also called minimap, there is no shortcut. But you can configure the settings with: {"editor.minimap.enabled: false"}

Answer 2

In the VS code version 1.43, you can hide or show the side menu or activity bar by going under the 'VIEW' tab in the nav bar in the top margin of VS CODE(called the 'Menu Bar'). Go to View => Appearance, there you can check or uncheck different nav bars to show/hide each one.

If you have the top bar (Menu Bar) currently hidden press 'alt' key to bring it back then follow above instructions to check it to keep it there permanently if desired.

Answer 3

One can also hide the activity bar with the following setting in settings.json:

"workbench.activityBar.visible": false