[FEATURE] : keep legacy layout option

Hello and thanks for the effort
there are multiple thing great about old layout and why you should keep it.

easy access to almost everything from the main window while in the new version you should navigate through the app to find the options you want
Being able to use a work space so you can have an easy clone of the project and working with it without the fear of corrupting the main project while in the new design there is no option for making a new work space.
3.Having all your folders and projects and chats in the side bar so you can easily switch between them and work on them in parellel while in the new design its so hard to do that because you need to navigate through the app and its not like before.
So PLEASE dint remove the old layout if you really insist on using the old form. just let us use the old layout forever and dont remove it.
also I have a low end laptop and I dont have a mouse and settings menue needs a bar in the left or right so I can navigate through the settings.

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新界面不支持工作区的创建、销毁和查看 #37001: Similar complaint about the new UI missing workspace creation/management features from the old layout
Old layout v1 missing open-folder button in SessionHeader due to isDesktopV2 gate regression and projectDirectory missing SDK fallback #32006: Old layout v1 missing features due to desktop V2 gate
Desktop: wtf is the new tab layout, tab titles dont fit anymore on screen #36936: Feedback about the new tab layout in desktop

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Keep the old layout. +1

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New layout is hot garbage if you multitask, tabs are not a work around - especially when the project letter icon on the tabs is bloody wrong.

S, C, and D are not the same letter 🤡

New layout is hot garbage if you multitask, tabs are not a work around - especially when the project letter icon on the tabs is bloody wrong.

S, C, and D are not the same letter 🤡

also in older design you could set icons and rules for each workspace which was great for me because most of the default icons in the software were identical and this could help me organize my workspace better. overall they are evolving backwards. while everyone is bringing more multi tasking features, they remove them.

I am also having trouble using the new layout without access to workspaces / worktrees. Where is the toggle for the original layout?

什么时候修复？

用左侧栏同时管多个项目的会话是刚需，9-14 到期前请保留下旧布局切换

Recommending my own project:
https://github.com/cyrasafia/openbuilder-desktop

Designed for multitasking.

I fully support this! The new interface is extremely inconvenient

Please bring back the layout where projects and sessions are shown on the left side of the screen, as they were in the old UI. The current horizontal tabs at the top make it very hard to manage and switch between multiple sessions — titles get cramped and hard to read once you have more than a few open

A left-side sidebar (like in Claude Code desktop or Codex) would make it much easier to scan, switch between, and manage many sessions at once. It would be great to have this as an option, or even as the default layout again

+1 on keeping the legacy layout as a permanent, supported option (not just a transitional flag).

People, expore https://github.com/openchamber/openchamber and https://github.com/cline/cline desktop app: they are really cool!

People, expore https://github.com/openchamber/openchamber and https://github.com/cline/cline desktop app: they are really cool!

I don't want to use OpenCode anymore. They don't listen to suggestions at all. I'm planning to try yours.

I second this. the new layout completely broke my workflow, managing 10+ projects at once. I need to be able to quickly switch from one project to another without keeping dozens of tabs open at once. New workflow is terribly bad

Same here. I mostly want the file tree / project–session list back on the left, like Codex. After v1.18 the toggle for the old layout is gone, and in a fresh session the "Toggle File Tree" and "Toggle Sidebar" menu items stay greyed out (#47406), so there's no way to get the old left sidebar at all. Please keep the legacy layout as an option — or at least bring a left project/session tree back next to the tabs. +1

clever AI, but stupid programmer

NOBODY wanted a browser tab system in their desktop AI coding chassis.

you have the ability to toggle between vertical & horizontal tabs

UP UP UP

My settings looks nothing like that on v1.18.34

you can download v2 at: https://opencode.ai/v2/docs

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