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extr ◴[] No.45117263[source]
Zed is so great, I do wish they would focus just a little bit more on bringing the UI just a bit more up to parity with VS Code, I would switch full time.
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sirodoht ◴[] No.45117325[source]
What do you feel is missing from the UI?
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kenhwang ◴[] No.45117649[source]
Top of my head switching between IntelliJ and Zed:

- Git UI is extremely barebones with no support for other VCS

- No merge tool or side-by-side diffs

- Configuration is all JSON

- Would be nice having a full file tree for the search editor instead of just the list; having the functionality split between a tab and the outline panel is quite clunky.

- Ability to move panels (files/git/console/debugger/etc) into standalone windows or other configurations (multiple docks per side, multiple copies of the same panel linked to a specific tab).

Zed is basically a slightly more featured text editor, so it does a good job when I just want to open something quickly and do small edits. So it's really replacing Sublime Text.

But I find myself hopping out to other tools when I'm using Zed which wasn't really common with IntelliJ. So I still want to use a proper IDE for proper development work.

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1. WA ◴[] No.45117696[source]
No side-by-side diff is a deal-breaker for me unfortunately.
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2. ronyeh ◴[] No.45117789[source]
I use git icdiff (a plugin) in my terminal. I use Zed and VSCode GUI editors, but I don’t care to use their git tools. Command line git is fine.

https://www.jefftk.com/icdiff

3. ricardobeat ◴[] No.45119539[source]
This is a great divider between people who want an IDE vs a text editor - Zed explicit is the latter.