[BUG] No option to hide/disable the extended thinking display on desktop app (shows inconsistently: visible while streaming, hidden after restart)
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- [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
- [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
On the Claude Code desktop app (macOS, Opus 4.8), the assistant's extended thinking blocks are shown fully expanded while a response streams. They are very long, clutter the transcript, and make the actual answer hard to read. There is no Settings option to turn this off (searching Settings for "thinking" returns nothing). Note: this is the OPPOSITE of #77574/#52046/#58689 (those users want thinking shown; I want it hidden), and it is on the desktop app, not the VS Code extension.
What Should Happen?
There should be a Settings toggle to hide/collapse the extended thinking display permanently, applied consistently both while streaming and in saved transcripts.
Error Messages/Logs
N/A — UI/display behavior issue, no error.Steps to Reproduce
- Open Claude Code desktop app (macOS).
- Send a message and watch it stream — the thinking block shows fully expanded.
- Quit and reopen the app — thinking blocks for past messages are hidden/collapsed.
- Send another message — thinking is expanded again; quit/reopen hides it again.
- There is no Settings toggle to disable the thinking display.
Claude Model
Opus
Is this a regression?
No, this never worked
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
Claude Code desktop app (macOS) — version unknown, latest as of July 2026
Platform
Other
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Other
Additional Information
This is on the Claude Code DESKTOP APP (macOS), not the CLI/terminal or the VS Code extension. The model shown in the app UI is Opus 4.8 (Fast). The extended thinking blocks appear expanded during streaming and are hidden after an app restart, with no Settings option to disable them. (The Platform/Terminal fields above assume a CLI setup, but this issue is about the desktop app UI.)
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3 Comments
It is already fixed.
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I was experiencing this same thing. I didn't once think to check the chat panel's overflow menu!
I expended Claude's thoughts by clicking the "thinking..." text that shows while its thinking. I asked claude for help to toggle it back and everything said to 'click the same thing that toggled it on', but there's nothing to click. Took me quite a while to find this solution. Very happy I found this Github issue.
When I first clicked the "thinking..." and the thoughts expanded to be shown, I did see a toast appear briefly in the top right corner of the app, however it didn't give me enough information to know how to toggle it back off.
A slash (/) command to change this setting could be a convenient way to help others like me find the setting.
THX A LOT！ Ctrl + O worked for me — it cycles the transcript view (Normal → Thinking → Verbose → Summary)