From 0169bddb592e3563f8b36f0f8fddf997ad9cf062 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maan2003 <49202620+maan2003@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 10:32:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] project panel: Add setting to disable auto opening project
 panel (#34752)

Release Notes:

- Add `project_panel.starts_open` to control opening project panel in
new projects.
---
 assets/settings/default.json                       | 2 ++
 crates/project_panel/src/project_panel.rs          | 4 ++++
 crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_settings.rs | 5 +++++
 docs/src/configuring-zed.md                        | 3 ++-
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/assets/settings/default.json b/assets/settings/default.json
index d69fd58009..295bebe23a 100644
--- a/assets/settings/default.json
+++ b/assets/settings/default.json
@@ -596,6 +596,8 @@
     // when a corresponding project entry becomes active.
     // Gitignored entries are never auto revealed.
     "auto_reveal_entries": true,
+    // Whether the project panel should open on startup.
+    "starts_open": true,
     // Whether to fold directories automatically and show compact folders
     // (e.g. "a/b/c" ) when a directory has only one subdirectory inside.
     "auto_fold_dirs": true,
diff --git a/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel.rs b/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel.rs
index 45581a97c4..94d543ed0c 100644
--- a/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel.rs
+++ b/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel.rs
@@ -5625,6 +5625,10 @@ impl Panel for ProjectPanel {
     }
 
     fn starts_open(&self, _: &Window, cx: &App) -> bool {
+        if !ProjectPanelSettings::get_global(cx).starts_open {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         let project = &self.project.read(cx);
         project.visible_worktrees(cx).any(|tree| {
             tree.read(cx)
diff --git a/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_settings.rs b/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_settings.rs
index 9057480972..8a243589ed 100644
--- a/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_settings.rs
+++ b/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_settings.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ pub struct ProjectPanelSettings {
     pub sticky_scroll: bool,
     pub auto_reveal_entries: bool,
     pub auto_fold_dirs: bool,
+    pub starts_open: bool,
     pub scrollbar: ScrollbarSettings,
     pub show_diagnostics: ShowDiagnostics,
     pub hide_root: bool,
@@ -139,6 +140,10 @@ pub struct ProjectPanelSettingsContent {
     ///
     /// Default: true
     pub auto_fold_dirs: Option<bool>,
+    /// Whether the project panel should open on startup.
+    ///
+    /// Default: true
+    pub starts_open: Option<bool>,
     /// Scrollbar-related settings
     pub scrollbar: Option<ScrollbarSettingsContent>,
     /// Which files containing diagnostic errors/warnings to mark in the project panel.
diff --git a/docs/src/configuring-zed.md b/docs/src/configuring-zed.md
index d2ca0e0604..67f1cd000b 100644
--- a/docs/src/configuring-zed.md
+++ b/docs/src/configuring-zed.md
@@ -3213,7 +3213,8 @@ Run the `theme selector: toggle` action in the command palette to see a current
     "indent_guides": {
       "show": "always"
     },
-    "hide_root": false
+    "hide_root": false,
+    "starts_open": true
   }
 }
 ```