show animation around chat input while working#311125
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Pull request overview
Adds an optional “developer joy” visual treatment to the Chat input while an agent request is in progress, alongside some related chat UI styling tweaks and settings documentation updates.
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- Introduces
chat.developerJoy.enabledand toggles aworkingCSS state on the chat input while requests are in progress. - Adds CSS for an animated gradient border + glow, plus some secondary-toolbar/session-picker layout adjustments.
- Updates chat agent network filter setting descriptions and removes incremental-rendering settings (currently leaving dangling references).
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| src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/common/constants.ts | Adds DeveloperJoy setting id; removes incremental rendering enum entries (currently breaks downstream references). |
| src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/widget/media/chat.css | Adds animated “working” border/glow styles and adjusts secondary toolbar/session picker styling. |
| src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/widget/chatWidget.ts | Toggles working class based on DeveloperJoy and request-in-progress state. |
| src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/chat.contribution.ts | Registers DeveloperJoy; removes incremental rendering settings; updates network filter setting descriptions. |
| build/lib/stylelint/vscode-known-variables.json | Allows the new --chat-input-anim-angle custom property for stylelint. |
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gated under the setting chat.progressBorder.enabled