How to disable VS Code minimap in Windowed mode?

Question

I did the following in Visual Studio Code:

1. settings.json => "editor.minimap.enabled": true
2. Open 2ed files side by side (windowed mode)
3. Minimap exists in both windows

This takes up too much room, but I still want to use the Minimap when I'm editing a single file in a single window. Is there a way to have the Minimap enabled for a single file, but disabled in side-by-side "Windowed" mode?

Solution 1

Toggle minimap command has been added since vscode 1.16. Hit command + shift + p and select View: Toggle Minimap.

Solution 2

There is no way to do this in VS Code. Currently there is only the "editor.minimap.enabled": false setting which can be true or false and either always enables the minimap or always disables it.

Unfortunately, as shown in this issue, there is also no "toggleMinimap" command to assign to keybindings.

You might find this extension useful, though, as it can be used to create a toggle minimap command:

settings:

"settings.cycle": [
    {
        "setting": "editor.minimap.enabled"
    }
]

keybindings.json:

{
    "key": "ctrl+shift+t",
    "command": "settings.cycle.workbench.colorTheme",
    "when": ""
}

Solution 3

Simplest way is go to: View -> Toggle Minimap

Update:

In newer versions: View -> Show Minimap

Solution 4

To remove/disable/hide VS Code Minimap,
Go to the View tab and uncheck this: View > Show Minimap

Solution 5

1) Go to File -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts 2) type in "View: minimap" 3) right click and add a key binding. I like to use ctrl+m ("m" for minimap)

If there are existing key bindings, you can use another one, or click the existing one(s) listed, then right click them and remove the binding before repeating steps 2 and 3 above.

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