claude-code-chat/CHANGELOG.md

Change Log

All notable changes to the "claude-code-chat" extension will be documented in this file.

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[0.1.3] - 2025-06-24

🚀 Features Added

MultiEdit and Edit Tool Diff Display

• Added comprehensive diff visualization for MultiEdit tool operations
• Shows file path with click-to-open functionality
• Displays multiple edits with numbered labels (Edit #1, Edit #2, etc.)
• Smart truncation handling - shows complete edits within line limits
• Expandable interface with "Show X more edits" button
• Visual separators between individual edits
• Consistent styling with existing Edit tool diff display

Enhanced Tool Result Management

• Added MultiEdit to hidden tool results list for cleaner interface
• Tool results for Read, Edit, TodoWrite, and MultiEdit now show loading states instead of uninteresting success messages
• Improved user experience by hiding redundant "Tool executed successfully" messages

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

Thinking Intensity Modal Enhancement

• Fixed bug where thinking mode toggle text changed before user confirmation
• Toggle text now only updates when user clicks "Confirm" button
• Preview selection highlighting still works during option exploration
• Improved user experience with proper confirmation workflow

Consistent Message Spacing

• Standardized spacing between tool messages and user/Claude messages
• Updated tool input padding from 12px to 8px to match message spacing
• Unified visual consistency across all message types

Refined Visual Design

• Changed MultiEdit edit number labels from purple to subtle professional styling
• Used VS Code theme colors for better integration
• Improved overall visual cohesion with more sober color palette

🔧 Technical Improvements

• Enhanced tool message formatting infrastructure
• Improved diff rendering performance for multiple edits
• Better error handling for malformed MultiEdit tool inputs
• Optimized truncation logic for complex multi-edit operations

[0.1.2] - 2025-06-20

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed markdown parsing bug where underscores in code identifiers (like "protein_id") were incorrectly converted to italic formatting
• Updated regex pattern to only apply italic formatting when underscores are surrounded by whitespace or at string boundaries
• Preserved proper formatting for code snippets and technical identifiers
• Always show New Chat button

[0.1.0] - 2025-06-20

🚀 Major Features Added

Interactive Thinking Mode with Intensity Control

• Added configurable thinking mode with 4 intensity levels: Think, Think Hard, Think Harder, Ultrathink
• Beautiful slider interface in settings for intensity selection
• Clickable intensity labels for easy selection
• Different thinking prompts based on selected intensity level
• Higher intensities provide more detailed reasoning but consume more tokens
• Settings persist across sessions with VS Code configuration integration

Plan First Mode

• New toggle for "Plan First" mode that instructs Claude to plan before making changes
• Requires user approval before proceeding with implementation
• Safer experimentation workflow for complex changes
• Simple switch interface above the text input area

Slash Commands Modal System

• Type "/" to open beautiful slash commands modal with 19+ commands
• Complete Claude Code command integration: /bug, /clear, /compact, /config, /cost, /doctor, /help, /init, /login, /logout, /mcp, /memory, /model, /permissions, /pr_comments, /review, /status, /terminal-setup, /vim
• Custom command input field for executing any Claude Code command
• Session-aware command execution with automatic session resumption
• Commands open in VS Code terminal with proper WSL support
• Visual feedback and user guidance for terminal interaction

Enhanced Model Configuration

• Updated "Default" model to show "User configured" instead of "Smart allocation"
• Added "Configure" button next to Default model option
• Configure button opens terminal with claude /model command for easy model setup
• Session-aware model configuration with current session context
• Clear user messaging about terminal interaction and return workflow

Advanced Settings Management

• Restructured settings with better organization and grouping
• Added "Coming Soon" sections for Custom Slash Commands and MCP Configuration
• Consistent UI patterns across all settings sections
• Clean, professional design matching VS Code aesthetics

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Smaller, more subtle mode toggle switches (reduced by 2px)
• Clickable text labels for all toggle switches
• Improved slider positioning and label alignment
• Sober, clean interface design without unnecessary colors or decorations
• Better visual hierarchy in settings modal
• Responsive design improvements

🔧 Technical Enhancements

• Session ID now passed to all slash commands for context awareness
• Improved message handling between frontend and backend
• Better error handling and user feedback
• Enhanced WSL compatibility for all new features
• Modular code structure for easier maintenance

📚 Documentation Updates

• Updated keyboard shortcuts documentation
• Enhanced configuration examples
• Improved feature descriptions and usage examples

[0.0.9] - 2025-06-19

Added

• Model selector dropdown in the chat interface
  • Located to the left of the tools selector at the bottom of the chat box
  • Supports three models: Opus (most capable), Sonnet (balanced), and Default (smart allocation)
  • Model preference is saved and persists across sessions
  • Validates model selection to prevent invalid model names
  • Shows confirmation message when switching models

Changed

• Reorganized input controls into left-controls and right-controls sections for better layout
• Claude command now includes the --model flag when a specific model is selected

[0.0.8] - 2025-06-19

Added

• WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) configuration support
  • New setting: claudeCodeChat.wsl.enabled to enable WSL integration
  • New setting: claudeCodeChat.wsl.distro to specify WSL distribution
  • New setting: claudeCodeChat.wsl.nodePath to configure Node.js path in WSL
  • New setting: claudeCodeChat.wsl.claudePath to configure Claude path in WSL
• Automatic detection of execution environment (native vs WSL)
• WSL support for Claude login terminal command

Changed

• Claude execution now supports both native and WSL environments based on configuration
• Terminal login command adapts to WSL settings when enabled

[0.0.7] - Previous Release

• Initial release