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Activity Bar

The Activity Bar is the main navigation hub of Own DevStudio.

Each icon represents a feature area, and clicking one will open or hide its corresponding panel.

Activity Bar


🧭 Overview

The Activity Bar appears along the left edge of the interface. It lets you quickly switch between different panels β€” such as the Explorer, Search, Git, Switch Project, Terminal, and more.

It’s designed for fast access and clean context switching β€” similar to modern IDEs like VS Code, but optimized for AI-native workflows.

You can: - Click an icon β†’ open its panel.
- Click again β†’ hide that panel.
- Hover β†’ see tooltips for each section.

πŸ’‘ Tip: Use the bar to keep your workspace minimal β€” show only what you need.


πŸ”Ή Default Icons & Panels

Icon Panel / Function
πŸ€– Agents Shows your Agents (coming soon).
πŸ“ Explorer Shows your workspace files and folders.
Search Lets you search within your entire project.
Git & Repos Displays source control, changes, and branches.
Run / Tasks Coming soon...
Outline Show current open code outline & allow searching.
Extensions / Plugins Coming soon...
Switch Project Close current project and go to Select Project.

(Your setup may vary slightly depending on enabled modules.)


βš™οΈ Behavior

  • Only one panel is visible at a time to maintain focus.
  • Clicking another icon automatically switches the visible panel.
  • The last opened panel stays active across sessions.

You can also resize or collapse the opened panel for a cleaner layout.


🎨 Customizing the Bar

You can not customize the bar as of now


⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Not assigned yet (To-Do).


Next Steps

Continue exploring:

πŸ‘‰ Explorer – to open and navigate your workspace