Change:
import * as perf from 'vs/base/common/performance'; import { WorkbenchActionExecutedEvent, WorkbenchActionExecutedClassification } from 'vs/base/common/actions'; import { memoize } from 'vs/base/common/decorators'; <del> import { IFilesConfiguration, ExplorerFolderContext, FilesExplorerFocusedContext, ExplorerFocusedContext, ExplorerRootContext, ExplorerResourceReadonlyContext, ExplorerResourceCut, ExplorerResourceMoveableToTrash, ExplorerCompressedFocusContext, ExplorerCompressedFirstFocusContext, ExplorerCompressedLastFocusContext, ExplorerResourceAvailableEditorIdsContext, VIEW_ID, VIEWLET_ID, ExplorerResourceNotReadonlyContext, ViewHasSomeCollapsibleRootItemContext, FoldersViewVisibleContext } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/files/common/files'; </del> <ins> import { IFilesConfiguration, ExplorerFolderContext, FilesExplorerFocusedContext, ExplorerFocusedContext, ExplorerRootContext, ExplorerResourceReadonlyContext, ExplorerResourceCut, ExplorerResourceMoveableToTrash, ExplorerCompressedFocusContext, ExplorerCompressedFirstFocusContext, ExplorerCompressedLastFocusContext, ExplorerResourceAvailableEditorIdsContext, VIEW_ID, ExplorerResourceNotReadonlyContext, ViewHasSomeCollapsibleRootItemContext, FoldersViewVisibleContext } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/files/common/files'; </ins> import { FileCopiedContext, NEW_FILE_COMMAND_ID, NEW_FOLDER_COMMAND_ID } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/fileActions'; import * as DOM from 'vs/base/browser/dom'; import { IWorkbenchLayoutService } from 'vs/workbench/services/layout/browser/layoutService';

Discussion:
Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes Version: 1.84.2 (user setup) Commit: Date: 2023-11-09T10:51:52.184Z Electron: 25.9.2 ElectronBuildId: Chromium: 114.0.5735.289 18.15.0 V8: 11.4.183.29-electron.0 OS: WindowsNT x64 10.0. Steps to Reproduce: ! also causes to fail. Related issues: Workarround: call
I cannot reproduce, so you just move views around a bunch until the explorer disappears? Do you have any extension?
Yes, Make Folders appear independently and move Explorer into Folders. I expect view back to Explorer include Folders instead of Explorer eventually disappearing. Explorer disappearing can cause other problems, including but not limited to fail. fail. As I said at the beginning: I can even reproduce it in a completely fresh installation of the macOS version of vscode without any extensions installed. !
Okay so I can see that refresh explorer doesn't work in this case, that's for sure. I cannot get folders to completely disappear
In fact, what disappeared was the label . After the move, Its position is replaced by . The folder tree itself is not affected. As shown in the picture, the MOVIES folder contents can still be browsed, but its label(or button anyway) in activity bar is from to . The view hierarchy relationship changes from: Explorer Folders Open editors timeline outline to: Folders Open editors timeline outline The ability to browse folders itself is not affected, but those commands bound to or target to will be invalid. This is also the root cause of .
It's going to be confusion but "Explorer" is actually the container while "Folders" is what we call the view. So when you move Folders out of the explorer it creates its own container called "Folders" and this is working as intended. is a different root cause, but there's definitely a bug here around refresh and other explorer commands. Thanks for the find!
To verify: the folder view (the file tree structure) somewhere else separate from the explorer view container refresh explorer You should stay on the folder view and not be moved to a different view container. You should also see the refresh properly occur.