Claude Desktop Code tab: No context window usage display

Problem

When using Claude Code inside the Claude Desktop app (Code tab), there is no way to see the current context window usage (tokens used / tokens available / percentage).

The CLI version (claude in terminal) shows this information in the status bar at the bottom, but the Desktop Code tab has no equivalent.

Why this matters

• Users working on long sessions (complex multi-step tasks) need to know when they're approaching the context limit
• Without this info, context exhaustion comes as a surprise (messages get compressed, earlier context is lost)
• The only workaround is asking Claude to estimate, which is unreliable

Expected behavior

Show context window usage somewhere in the Claude Desktop Code tab UI — e.g.:

• A status bar at the bottom (like the CLI version)
• A progress indicator in the tab header
• An info panel accessible via a keyboard shortcut

Environment

• Claude Desktop (Windows)
• Code tab
• Model: Opus 4.6 (1M context)