sessions: make gradient shell background default#312855
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Remove the sessions experimental shell gradient toggle and always apply the shell gradient styling for the sessions workbench. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
This PR makes the Sessions/Agents window’s accent-tinted shell gradient background the default behavior, removing the previous experimental opt-in setting and updating the corresponding CSS hook and layout documentation.
Changes:
- Always apply the sessions shell gradient background by default (no config toggle).
- Remove the
sessions.experimental.shellGradientBackgroundsetting and its configuration registration/constant. - Rename the workbench CSS hook from
experimental-shell-gradient-backgroundtoshell-gradient-backgroundand update documentation accordingly.
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| src/vs/sessions/contrib/sessions/browser/media/sessionsViewPane.css | Updates selectors to use the new shell-gradient-background root class for transparent viewpane/sidebar backgrounds. |
| src/vs/sessions/contrib/configuration/browser/configuration.contribution.ts | Removes the configuration registration for the deleted experimental setting. |
| src/vs/sessions/common/configuration.ts | Deletes the now-unused setting ID constant. |
| src/vs/sessions/browser/workbench.ts | Renames the layout class and applies shell-gradient-background unconditionally; removes configuration listener/toggle plumbing. |
| src/vs/sessions/browser/media/style.css | Renames the CSS hook to shell-gradient-background for the root gradient layer and related transparency rules. |
| src/vs/sessions/LAYOUT.md | Updates the layout spec to reflect the new default behavior and documents the change in revision history. |
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Summary
sessions.experimental.shellGradientBackgroundsetting and its workbench/configuration plumbingshell-gradient-backgroundand update the layout specMinor note: Also using this PR to test this TPI: #312430
Testing
npm run compile-check-ts-nativenpm run valid-layers-checknode --experimental-strip-types build/hygiene.ts src/vs/sessions/browser/workbench.ts src/vs/sessions/browser/media/style.css src/vs/sessions/contrib/configuration/browser/configuration.contribution.ts src/vs/sessions/contrib/sessions/browser/media/sessionsViewPane.css src/vs/sessions/LAYOUT.md