VSCode SCM tab suddenly disappeared

Question

I must have pressed a wrong combination of keys with my crooked fingers which caused the version control tab to disappear from the sidebar.

Then I found source control tab somewhere in VSCode, dragged it into the sidebar, it shows the changes, however, the icon is completely different and also it doesn't show the number of current changes.

What happened? In the below screenshot the yellow icon is what I have for SCM now.

Thanks 🤞

Answer 1

I had to use the View: Reset View Locations command to solve this problem in Visual Studio Code version 1.47 (macOS - Catalina).

To do this, just press Cmd+Shift+P (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+P (Linux/Windows), type workbench.action.resetViewLocations, then press Enter.

Release notes - May 2020 (version 1.46)

Answer 2

As @rioV8 commented - what solved it for me was to right click on the icon and click "Reset Location"

Answer 3

I am not sure what you actually dragged to the activity bar vscode is really modular in this way; hard to say without being there, but you can re-enable SCM button.

Even if you use the short cut to open the source control view (CTRL + SHIFT + G, it will disappear again after you focus out of it (when it's not enabled).

To re-enable it, right-click anywhere on the Activity Bar and select 'Source Control'