Status bar, command mode and new separate window.

[frankieD3]

I have enjoyed this extension while working myself back into programming shape. One thing I would like is when I have an editor in VSCode open and pull it out to be a separate window a number elements that reside in the status bar are visible but the full functionality of command mode on the status bar does not. If I go into command mode I have statusbar color shift but all typing stays in the main project window's status bar.

Is there a way for the commands to shift to the status bar of the new window?

Thanks,

Frank

[itxashancode]

In a split‑window setup the Vim extension still thinks the main window is the active one, so the status‑bar widgets that show the command‑mode indicator stay in that window. The extension doesn’t have per‑window state, so the “color shift” will always appear in the original window. I ran into this last year when I opened a second window for a quick edit; the status bar in that window never showed the mode change. The only workaround is to use two separate VS Code instances or close the split and re‑open the file in the new window. There’s no flag or config to make the Vim extension sync the status bar across windows. If you need this, open a new VS Code window and use the same project folder - then the status bar will reflect the mode in that window.