[BUG] VSCode plan-review: comment panel overflows viewport with no internal scroll, hiding Submit/prompt (zoom-out is the only workaround)
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- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
What happens: In the VSCode extension plan-review flow, as inline comments accumulate (hit this at ~14 comments), the "Comments (N)" panel grows taller than the viewport. The panel has no internal scrollbar, and the Submit/Send control (and the main prompt input) get pushed off the bottom with no way to reach them. The plan pane only shows "Ready for review" / "Select text to add comments on the plan" - no action bar.
Things that did NOT work:
- Cmd+Enter (no-op)
- Cmd+A while focused in the panel selects the outer editor text, not the comment box
- The window was already at maximum height
- There is no collapse chevron on the comment thread
- No relevant
Claude Code:command in the Command Palette
Only workaround found: View -> Zoom Out (Cmd+-) repeatedly shrinks the UI enough that the Submit button / prompt reappears below the comment list.
Expected: The comment panel should scroll internally (or the Submit action should be pinned / always-visible) so the review can be submitted regardless of comment count.
Environment: Claude Code VSCode native extension; macOS (Darwin 25.5.0). Reproduced multiple times.
What Should Happen?
The comment panel should scroll internally, or the Submit action should be pinned/always-visible, so a plan review can be submitted regardless of how many comments were added.
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
- Enter plan mode in the VSCode extension; Claude presents a plan for review.
- Select text and add many inline comments (~14).
- Try to submit. Cmd+Enter does nothing; Cmd+A selects the outer editor, not the box; there's no collapse chevron and no relevant Claude Code: palette command; the window is already at max height.
- The Submit control / prompt is off-screen below the comment list with no scroll. Only View → Zoom Out (Cmd+-) repeatedly shrinks the UI enough to reveal it.
Claude Model
Opus
Is this a regression?
I don't know
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
2.1.167 (darwin-arm64)
Platform
Other
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Other
Additional Information
From within VSCode plugin (not terminal)
3 Comments
"Opened 1mo ago"... Anyone?
Also my 60+ comments and quite a few hours of review work is gone because i had to reload vscode window as the ssh connection got broken and stuck in the itty bitty brain of vscode and could not be reopened until window reload. Gaaah! :/
Ya, this is kind of painful. It would be nice if the comments were at least saved in the file as you wrote them and not just living in RAM. Then you could maneuver around this by having the AI read the comments through unofficial path.
In my case, the "Submit" button is not visible at all, even before adding any comments.
The top of the plan in review mode looks like this:
<img width="1826" height="112" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/684cbffc-b870-488e-bffa-cf8e0bceac6e" />
And there is nothing at the bottom either:
<img width="1002" height="98" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ce47fe5e-e3a5-4f4f-8962-76f0ec6cb4fe" />
In any case, I found one more workaround here: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/48945#issuecomment-4340699410. This can be used to submit the feedback if the zoom out workaround doesn't work.