Separate tabs for Chat and Edit

[kneelesh48]

Validations

• I believe this is a way to improve. I'll try to join the Continue Discord for questions
• I'm not able to find an open issue that requests the same enhancement

Problem

Currently there is no way to go to the edit tab without a keyboard shortcut and that too is minimal.

Solution

We can have separate tabs for chat and edit similar to GitHub Copilot and Cursor

[sestinj]

Do you think that a clickable tooltip would solve this as well? (e.g. something that hovers in the editor when you're highlighting code)?

[kneelesh48]

I'd like some way to toggle between chat mode and edit mode from the sidebar in chat.
You can have 2 separate windows similar to Copilot or Cursor or a toggle within one window similar to Windsurf. I personally prefer the Cursor/Copilot approach.

What you suggested is still not visible enough.