How to fit VIM search on IDE footer with long git branch name?

[ecbrodie]

This is more of a question than an issue report, but I'm not sure where else to ask it, especially since the Slack link on the master branch README is broken.

When I'm working on a project and using a fairly long git branch name, there is no space left in the IDE's footer for a command that I'm entering, namely a search command. This makes using VIM commands hard with this extension. Here's a screenshot to demonstrate what I'm talking about:

How can I customize the VSCode footer so that I still leave room to see VIM commands? I am more than happy to have the git branch name hidden while I'm typing a VIM command. That doesn't hurt my development experience in that case, I know that I'll see the git branch name immediately after executing my VIM command.

If this functionality does not yet exist, then consider this a feature request.

[MangoMoe]

With so many plugins that use the footer, this would be a good idea. Typing regex searches is a pain because the command disappears from the footer if it gets too long and runs out of space. Temporarily hiding other footer elements while typing commands would be ideal.

[jpoon]

This is an issue that probably should be created with VSCode. As an extension, we don't know what other extensions are running and have no context on what's currently being displayed on your footer.