System details:
Positron and OS details:
Positron Version: 2026.04.0 build 217
Code - OSS Version: 1.109.2
Commit: c87af6bdec1f7cb6057b76a4b8e30280bb584ae7
Date: 2026-03-27T07:46:17.689Z
Electron: 39.3.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0
Session details:
Any
Describe the issue:
If you're working in a nested directory, or one with a long name:
And there isn't quite enough room to display it:
The entire top of the Console pane goes blank.
Expected or desired behavior:
We should show as much as we can of the directory name, not blank the whole thing out. This could be as simple as text-overflow based ellipsis truncation, or something smarter that preserves the most important path segments.
System details:
Positron and OS details:
Session details:
Any
Describe the issue:
If you're working in a nested directory, or one with a long name:
And there isn't quite enough room to display it:
The entire top of the Console pane goes blank.
Expected or desired behavior:
We should show as much as we can of the directory name, not blank the whole thing out. This could be as simple as
text-overflowbased ellipsis truncation, or something smarter that preserves the most important path segments.