The latest articles on DEV Community by Pete Dubler (@petedd). https://dev.to/petedd https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1969795%2F2cd13c82-d992-43fc-a58b-52148d675275.png https://dev.to/petedd en Pete Dubler Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:08:52 +0000 https://dev.to/petedd/preserving-appearance-and-layout-how-344d https://dev.to/petedd/preserving-appearance-and-layout-how-344d <p>The following question seems like pretty basic stuff but after hours of research and trying various "fixes" I am still not successful...</p> <p>In Visual Studio Code, each time I close the current folder, I am greeted with only the “Open a folder” screen. The primary and secondary side bars are gone and I only have one edit window. I have to go to “view/appearance” and" view/editor layout" to restore my layout. Since I start new projects with platformio, I have to first bring up the primary side bar to bring up platformio. I have “windows/preserve” set but that does not help. </p> <p>Can anyone point out how I can save this user layout so each time I “start clean” by closing a folder, I have my primary and secondary side bar and my two editor windows and all in the proportions that I set them? I know this should be basic stuff, but as I said, I have spent hours searching on this and none of what I found seems to work. </p> <p>Thanks</p> vscode