Is it possible to NOT show the Debug Side Bar when debugging in Visual Studio Code?

Question

As an attempt to simplify the look and feel of VS Code for new users (who do not consider themselves as developers), I'd like to hide the Debug Side Bar forever:

What's currently happening is, every time I hit F5, the Debug Side Bar pops open even after I hide it with cmd+B. Is there some way I can force it to stay hidden?

Answer 1

In your settings look for

Debug: Open Debug

    Controls when the debug view should open.

and choose the neverOpen option.

Or put "debug.openDebug": "neverOpen", into your settings.json.