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In a view with many projects, it is almost impossible to switch tabs without closing them. #50196
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I have several projects going at once, and each tab is basically just an "X" with a tiny margin; whenever I try to switch tabs, I end up closing them instead. I think the display method needs rethinking—something more like a web browser where you can just scroll through them if there are too many to fit. Right now, it tries to show everything at once (which is impossible) and prioritizes the close button over everything else. Luckily, I asked Gemini and it told me I could recover what I closed using Ctrl+Shift+T—thank goodness for that, since I was still working on it. Anyway, I don't see any options to view past chats. Maybe I'm just missing something, but is there a way to see them in a sidebar, like in other AI chat apps? That would be really useful. Thanks.
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opencodejr commentedon Oct 28, 2026
Thanks for the detailed feedback, @zephirusgit!
Your request is that the top session tabs stop shrinking until they're basically just a close button. Instead they would keep a usable width and scroll like browser tabs when they don't fit, so clicking a tab switches to it instead of closing it. You'd also like an easy way to browse past chats. Maintainers will consider it.
In the meantime, a couple of existing options may help:
If you're not on OpenCode 2.x (check with
opencode --version), please mention your version here, since the app works quite differently in 1.x.