Feature Request: Allow resizing of the variable explorer area

[rchiodo]

I keep wanting to resize/filter the variable explorer list.

Maybe a delete button on items would be good too.

[Axel-Shark]

Second this. For some reason a similar ticket is already marked as closed, resolved https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/5762 but I'm using the latest version of VSC and extensions without any ability to resize the variable panel. With my font choice and size I'm limited to about 9 visible variables which isn't making the most use of high-res desktop real-estate.

If not a solution, is there a work-around in the meantime? Is there a settings parameter that can define the variable panel size until a solution is found?

Thanks in advance! Appreciate all the hard work that goes into this.

[rchiodo]

Unfortunately there is no settings parameter. The minimum height of the variable explorer is set here:
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/blob/18fa5b5d3cffdd8e592a1d07ef647d02f74bb7c2/src/datascience-ui/interactive-common/variableExplorer.tsx#L113

Would be trivial to map this to a setting though.

[Axel-Shark]

Thanks for that. Is this editable by the end user (me) or built into the binary? The tree says src and I don't see any variableExplorer files within the VSC directory.

[rchiodo]

You'd have to submit a PR to change this. It's in the source.

[Axel-Shark]

Ah ok. Thanks for the follow-up. There have been a few other requests for this so maybe it could be added into settings later or made resizable in the same way editor panels can be resized left/right and up/down.

[skjerns]

Any updates on this?

Resizing would be really useful and I don't understand why it wasn't implemented in the first place.

[rchiodo]

Sorry but there's no plans at the moment to implement this.

[jkyeung]

Second this. For some reason a similar ticket is already marked as closed, resolved https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python/issues/5762 but I'm using the latest version of VSC and extensions without any ability to resize the variable panel. With my font choice and size I'm limited to about 9 visible variables which isn't making the most use of high-res desktop real-estate.

This is a real issue for me as well. I have practically no need to see the Jupyter stuff except for the variable explorer.

[IanMatthewHuff]

Closed by new native notebook variable explorer.