Code sidebar is missing the search icon (present in Chat and Cowork)

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Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 31, 2026

What happens

In the Claude desktop app on macOS, the Chat and Cowork sidebars have a magnifying-glass search icon on the "Chats and tasks" section header (shortcut Shift+Cmd+K).

The Code view sidebar has no such icon. It shows only: New, Artifacts, Routines, Customize, More - no search field, no search icon, and no section header to host one. "More -> Edit sidebar" offers only Artifacts, Routines, Dispatch, Customize, so there is no way to re-enable it.

Note: the Shift+Cmd+K palette itself does index Code sessions - they appear alongside chats with a </> icon - so this is a discoverability/entry-point problem, not missing indexing. Cmd+K in Code view opens Settings, which adds to the confusion.

Expected

The Code sidebar should expose the same search entry point as Chat and Cowork. It appears to have had one previously.

Environment

macOS (Darwin 25.6.0), Claude desktop app

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