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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[1.0.5] - 2025-07-30

🚀 Features Added

• MCP Integration: Added claude-code-chat-permissions-mcp folder for enhanced permission management
• Message Persistence: Save message in text box for better user experience
• UI Improvements: Always display history and new chat options
• Input Enhancement: Removed maxlength limit for custom command prompt textarea

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed new chat functionality
• Fixed request start time isProcessing issue
• Fixed close and open conversation behavior

🔄 Merged Pull Requests

• Merged PR #87 from horatio-sans-serif/main

[1.0.4] - 2025-01-22

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed input text area overflow issue by adding box-sizing: border-box to prevent padding from extending beyond container width
• Fixed command parameter handling for claude-code-chat.openChat to properly handle both ViewColumn and Uri parameters from different invocation contexts

🔧 Technical Improvements

• Enhanced show() method to accept optional ViewColumn parameter with ViewColumn.Two as default
• Added proper type checking for command parameters to handle context menu invocations
• Improved webview panel positioning with flexible column parameter support

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Resolved text input container sizing issues that caused visual overflow
• Better input field styling consistency across different VS Code themes

[1.0.0] - 2025-01-15

🚀 Major Features Added

Advanced Permissions Management System

• Complete permissions framework with MCP integration for secure tool execution
• Interactive permission dialogs with detailed tool information and command previews
• "Always Allow" functionality with smart command pattern matching for common tools (npm, git, docker, etc.)
• YOLO mode for power users to skip all permission checks
• Comprehensive permissions settings UI with ability to add/remove specific permissions
• File system watcher for real-time permission request handling
• Workspace-specific permission storage and management

MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server Management

• Complete MCP server configuration interface
• Popular MCP servers gallery with one-click installation
• Custom MCP server creation with validation
• Server management (edit, delete, enable/disable)
• Automatic permissions server integration
• WSL path conversion for cross-platform compatibility

Sidebar Integration & Multi-Panel Support

• Native VS Code sidebar view with full chat functionality
• Smart panel management (auto-close main panel when sidebar opens)
• Persistent session state across panel switches
• Proper webview lifecycle management
• Activity bar integration with custom icon

Image & Clipboard Enhancements

• Drag-and-drop image support directly into chat
• Clipboard image paste functionality (Ctrl+V for screenshots)
• Multiple image selection with VS Code's native file picker
• Automatic image organization in .claude/claude-code-chat-images/ folder
• Automatic .gitignore creation for image folders
• Support for PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF, SVG, WebP, BMP formats

Code Block & Syntax Improvements

• Enhanced markdown parsing with proper code block detection
• Syntax highlighting for code blocks with language detection
• Copy-to-clipboard functionality for code blocks
• Improved inline code rendering
• Better handling of technical identifiers and underscores

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

Settings & Configuration

• Comprehensive settings modal with organized sections
• YOLO mode toggle with visual warnings and explanations
• Real-time settings synchronization between UI and VS Code config
• Better visual hierarchy and professional styling
• Smart configuration validation and error handling

Message & Chat Interface

• Improved message spacing and visual consistency
• Enhanced tool result display with better formatting
• Smart scrolling behavior (only auto-scroll if user is at bottom)
• Loading indicators and processing states
• Better error handling and user feedback

YOLO Mode Visual Design

• Less subtle YOLO mode section (increased opacity and size)
• Changed warning icon from ⚠️ to 🚀 for less intimidating appearance
• Soft tomato red styling that's noticeable but not scary
• Clear explanation of YOLO mode functionality

🔧 Technical Enhancements

Session & State Management

• Persistent session state across VS Code restarts
• Proper cleanup of resources and event listeners
• Better error handling for failed operations
• Improved memory management for large conversations

Cross-Platform Compatibility

• Enhanced WSL support with proper path conversion
• Windows-specific improvements and fixes
• Better handling of different operating system environments
• Improved subprocess management and cleanup

Performance Optimizations

• Reduced context usage with more efficient tool operations
• Better file search and workspace integration
• Optimized message handling and UI updates
• Improved extension activation and initialization times

Developer Experience

• Better error messages and debugging information
• Improved extension logging and troubleshooting
• Enhanced development workflow support
• Better TypeScript integration and type safety

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed multiple permission prompts being sent simultaneously
• Resolved panel management issues with multiple webviews
• Fixed expand/collapse functionality for long content
• Corrected Unix timestamp parsing for usage limit messages
• Fixed WSL integration on Windows systems
• Resolved markdown parsing issues with underscores in code
• Fixed copy-paste functionality for images and code blocks
• Corrected file path handling across different platforms

🔄 Breaking Changes

• Permission system now requires explicit approval for tool execution (unless YOLO mode is enabled)
• Image files are now stored in .claude/claude-code-chat-images/ instead of root directory
• MCP configuration moved to extension storage instead of global config

📚 Documentation & Community

• Updated README with comprehensive feature documentation
• Fixed GitHub issues link in repository
• Enhanced examples and usage guides
• Better onboarding experience for new users

[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