Diff view for proposed edits doesn't respect diffEditor.renderSideBySide setting
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Activity 0 comments · opened Jul 11, 2026
When Claude Code proposes a file edit in VS Code, the diff preview always renders as side-by-side (old on left, new on right), even when diffEditor.renderSideBySide is set to false in VS Code settings and after reloading the window.
It seems the extension's edit-approval diff view uses its own rendering rather than VS Code's standard diff editor widget (or does not respect this user setting).
Request: allow the diff preview layout (side-by-side vs. inline/unified) to follow the user's diffEditor.renderSideBySide setting, or expose a dedicated claudeCode.* setting for it.