Issue #69 (VS Code's Command Center)08/16/23
VS Code on Windows has the traditional app title bar, which doesn't appear on Mac. If you click the title bar in VS Code on Windows, this gives you instant
access to what's referred to as the Command Center. The Command Center is slightly different from the Command Palette. The Command Palette (opened via CTRL-SHIFT-P), has the ">" symbol in it by default, giving you access to editor commands, whereas the Command Center is kind of like the root command area.
So when you click the title bar, when the Command Center appears you can do a file search, use the @ character to do a symbol search, use a colon to got to a line, or type a > character to run a command.
If you right-click the title bar, you'll be given various options to adjust VS Code's UI, including hiding or showing the back/forward buttons, the Menu Bar, the Layout Controls, and even the Command Center itself (which, if disabled, converts the Command Center to a standard title bar).
The Command Center is available by default, but if you happen to have changed your VS Code settings to use the native OS title bar, then you won't be able to click the title bar to open the Command Center.
The Command Center setting is shown above, where it explains the requirement for using the "custom" title bar setting.
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