Preview panel needs a "Preview" label — currently impossible to reference in conversation with Claude

Status Fixed / completed
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 4 comments · opened May 25, 2026 · closed May 25, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
  • [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

The Preview panel on the right side of the Claude Code IDE has no
header, label, or icon identifying it as a preview. It only shows the
filename in the tab (e.g. privacy-choices.html), which makes it
visually indistinguishable from a regular editor tab or a built-in
panel like Terminal/Output.

This is not just a cosmetic gap — it is a usability and
accessibility blocker
when the user wants to *talk to Claude about
the UI itself*:

  • I told Claude "the preview panel with Privacy Choices is appearing

on the right".

  • Claude could not understand what I meant and asked whether I meant

an Xcode preview, an in-app screen, or a website preview.

  • Because the panel has no visible name, I had no shared vocabulary

with Claude to describe it.

In short: a panel that cannot be named cannot be discussed, which
breaks the core IDE collaboration loop.

Proposed Solution

Add a clear Preview label/header to the panel, matching the
treatment that Terminal and Output already receive. Ideally:

  1. A persistent panel header text Preview (left-aligned, above the

tab strip).

  1. Optionally a small icon (eye / browser glyph) so the panel is

recognisable at a glance.

  1. Keep the per-file tab labels unchanged.

Alternative Solutions

A tooltip-only label is insufficient — discoverability requires the
text to be visible without hover.

Priority

Medium - Would be very helpful

Feature Category

Interactive mode (TUI)

Use Case Example

See "Problem Statement" above — the trigger was a real conversation
where the missing label broke a multi-turn exchange with Claude.

Additional Context

Original screenshot (still applicable):
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e0742ed3-f0b4-4824-8823-64dfe4288df1

Please apply a needs-triage (or equivalent) label so this does not
fall back into the staleness sweep before it is read.

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4 Comments

BasJonkhoff · 4 months ago

fixes the gap from #46552 (auto-closed without triage)

github-actions[bot] · 4 months ago

Found 1 possible duplicate issue:

  1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/46552

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BasJonkhoff · 4 months ago

duplicate-claim niet klopt

github-actions[bot] · 2 months ago

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