Interface LayoutActions

addPanel

• addPanel(
      params: {
          position: "sibling";
          type: string;
          updateIfExists?: boolean;
          getState(existingState?: unknown): unknown;
      },
  ): void

• Open a new panel or update an existing panel in the layout.

  Parameters

  • params: {
        position: "sibling";
        type: string;
        updateIfExists?: boolean;
        getState(existingState?: unknown): unknown;
    }

    • position: "sibling"

      Where to position the panel. Currently, only "sibling" is supported which indicates the new panel will be adjacent to the calling panel.

    • type: string

      The type of panel to open. For extension panels, this "extensionName.panelName" where extensionName is the name field from the extension's package.json, and panelName is the name provided to registerPanel().

    • OptionalupdateIfExists?: boolean

      Whether to update an existing sibling panel of the same type, if it already exists. If false or omitted, a new panel will always be added.

      Deprecated

      This parameter is only supported for built-in panels at this time.

    • getState:function

      • getState(existingState?: unknown): unknown

      • A function that returns the state for the new panel. If updating an existing panel, the existing state will be passed in.

        Parameters

        • OptionalexistingState: unknown

        Returns unknown

        See

        updateIfExists

  Returns void