Open Workspace In Agents Window: select folder in new chat view#314602
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When 'Open in Agents Window' is triggered from the workbench, pass the current workspace folder URI to the agents window and pre-select it in the new chat workspace picker. Flow: - Action passes folderUri via openAgentsWindow API - Main process sends vscode:selectAgentsFolder IPC to agents window - Sessions contribution resolves folder via providers and selects it - Waits for provider registration with Eventually phase timeout Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
This PR wires “Open in Agents Window” from the VS Code workbench through to the standalone Agents (Sessions) window so the current workspace folder can be preselected in the “New Session” workspace picker.
Changes:
- Pass the first workbench workspace folder URI into
INativeHostService.openAgentsWindow({ folderUri }). - Thread the folder URI through native main process window creation and send it to the Agents window via
vscode:selectAgentsFolderIPC. - Add a Sessions workbench contribution that receives the IPC, opens the new-session view, resolves the URI via registered sessions providers, and selects it in
NewChatViewPane.
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| src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/workbenchTestServices.ts | Updates the test native host service stub to accept the new openAgentsWindow options shape. |
| src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/electron-browser/agentSessions/agentSessionsActions.ts | Passes the current workspace folder URI to openAgentsWindow. |
| src/vs/sessions/contrib/chat/electron-browser/chat.contribution.ts | Adds IPC handler contribution to resolve/select the folder in the Sessions “New Session” picker. |
| src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/windowsMainService.ts | Extends openAgentsWindow to optionally send a folder-selection IPC after the window opens. |
| src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/windows.ts | Updates IWindowsMainService.openAgentsWindow signature to accept an optional folder URI. |
| src/vs/platform/native/electron-main/nativeHostMainService.ts | Threads folderUri option from the native host RPC into windowsMainService.openAgentsWindow, and focuses the opened Agents window. |
| src/vs/platform/native/common/native.ts | Extends the openAgentsWindow API to accept an optional { folderUri?: UriComponents }. |
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| const workspaceContextService = accessor.get(IWorkspaceContextService); | ||
| const folderUri = workspaceContextService.getWorkspace().folders[0]?.uri; | ||
| await nativeHostService.openAgentsWindow({ folderUri }); |
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This is fine for now — file:// is the expected case when triggering from the workbench. Remote workspace folders aren't the target scenario for this action. If remote support is needed later, we can map URIs at that point.
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When "Open in Agents Window" is triggered from the workbench, pass the current workspace folder URI to the agents window and pre-select it in the new chat workspace picker.
Flow:
OpenWorkspaceInAgentsWindowActionpasses the first workspace folder URI viaopenAgentsWindow({ folderUri })vscode:selectAgentsFolderIPC to the agents windowSelectAgentsFolderContributionhandles the IPC:NewChatViewPaneworkspace pickeronDidChangeProviderswith a timeout atLifecyclePhase.Eventually