[FEATURE]: display the permission indicator in sidebar. #3546

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opened 2026-02-16 17:40:35 -05:00 by yindo · 3 comments
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Originally created by @ariane-emory on GitHub (Dec 15, 2025).

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An excellent PR by @terakael was recently merged that adds an indicator in the footer when a tool is awaiting permission. While having this indicator is already pretty great, it does leave one significant gap uncovered: this indicator is not visible when the sidebar is open. This might initially come as a surprise to users who would expect the permission indicators to be displayed somewhere onscreen.

A good solution would be to display the same indicator in the sidebar's footer when the sidebar is enabled.

Originally created by @ariane-emory on GitHub (Dec 15, 2025). ### Feature hasn't been suggested before. - [x] I have verified this feature I'm about to request hasn't been suggested before. ### Describe the enhancement you want to request An excellent PR by @terakael was recently merged that adds an indicator in the footer when a tool is awaiting permission. While having this indicator is already pretty great, it does leave one significant gap uncovered: this indicator is not visible when the sidebar is open. This might initially come as a surprise to users who would expect the permission indicators to be displayed somewhere onscreen. A good solution would be to display the same indicator in the sidebar's footer when the sidebar is enabled.
yindo added the discussion label 2026-02-16 17:40:35 -05:00
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@nalin-singh commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2025):

will it also make sense to add a sound notification, just from a pure UX perspective ?

@nalin-singh commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2025): will it also make sense to add a sound notification, just from a pure UX perspective ?
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@ariane-emory commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2025):

@nalin-singh I don't think that playing sounds when tools need permission would require/justify any changes in opencode's own code. I use a simple plugin I vibed up with Pickle that invokes afplay to do that and it works very well, adding a whole audio system to opencode just to do the same thing a plugin can already do easily is probably not necessary.

@ariane-emory commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2025): @nalin-singh I don't think that playing sounds when tools need permission would require/justify any changes in opencode's own code. I use a simple plugin I vibed up with Pickle that invokes `afplay` to do that and it works very well, adding a whole audio system to opencode just to do the same thing a plugin can already do easily is probably not necessary.
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@nalin-singh commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2025):

yeah, even something like a plugin works not to bloat the package thanks I will look into it

@nalin-singh commented on GitHub (Dec 15, 2025): yeah, even something like a plugin works not to bloat the package thanks I will look into it
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Reference: anomalyco/opencode#3546