VS Code Comments Panel

Question

I was looking at the "comments.openPanel": "openOnSessionStartWithComments" setting in VS Code, but I don't quite understand how this works. I can't find any info on Google or StackOverflow about this.

The comments panel, which is supposed to appear along side the Problems, Output, Debug Console and Terminal tabs doesn't show up.

How can you show the comments panel and what is it for?

Answer 1

The comments API is finalized in the May 2019 release

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_35#_comments-api

Unless there is an extension that creates a CommentController the Comments panel will not show.