{"version":"2.1.280","anchor":"built-in-diff-panel-carries-over-the-old-panels-openclosed","canonical_anchor":"built-in-diff-panel-carries-over-the-old-panels-openclosed","heading":"Built-in diff panel carries over the old panel's open\/closed preference","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280\/e\/built-in-diff-panel-carries-over-the-old-panels-openclosed","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.280","markdown":"### Built-in diff panel carries over the old panel's open\/closed preference\n\nThe new plugin-based diff panel now inherits your old diff sidebar's open\/closed setting\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude Code's newer plugin-panel diff sidebar is available, it now checks whether your prior built-in diff sidebar was set to open or closed (the `diffSidebarOpen` setting) and opens in that same state, logging a message noting the preference was carried over.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis means switching to the new plugin-based diff panel won't reset a preference you'd already set for whether the diff view stays open, so the panel behaves the way you're used to without extra reconfiguration.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}