Panel reveal animation feels unsmooth at certain sizes

[roblourens]

I've been noticing this a lot today, but then noticed that at certain window sizes the panel animation is fine, so I was trying to figure out what the problem was.

• Size panel so it's just large enough for the keyboard shortcut hint text to not show
• When the panel is revealed, the text has to hide and the vscode logo has to shift at some point, making it feel like a "flicker"

Suggestions- maybe animate the motion of the vscode logo? Or know immediately that we will hide the text, and hide it immediately instead of in the middle of the panel animation?

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