*This project is in maintenance mode. It does everything I need. I will accept PRs for new features, but I won't be adding any new features myself

Auto Hide

Extension install page: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sirmspencer.vscode-autohide

Features

Auto-hide side bar

Causes the side bar to be hidden whenever the user clicks into the text editor.

I highly recommend trying the sidebar on the right side. The side bar does not so when on the left, the editor text will shift when the side panel opening and closing.

Auto-hide bottom panel

Same thing as above, except for the bottom panel (output, terminal, etc. are contained in the panel).

Settings

autoHide.autoHideSideBar: Hide the side bar when the user clicks into a text editor. [boolean, default: true]
autoHide.autoHidePanel: Hide the panel (output, terminal, etc.) when the user clicks into a text editor. [boolean, default: true]
autoHide.autoHideReferences: Hide the References panel (Go to References) when the user clicks into a text editor. [boolean, default: true]
autoHide.sideBarDelay: How long to wait before hiding the side bar. A delay prevents text from being selected. A longer delay allows the horizontal scroll to adjust to the change in selection before the side bar hiding causes the horizontal scroll to adjust, avoiding conflicts. [number, default: 450]
autoHide.panelDelay: How long to wait before hiding the panel. Same as for the side bar when the panel is on the side. If the panel is on the bottom, there is no need for delay. [number, default: 300]
autoHide.hideOnOpen: Hide side bar and panel when VSCode first opens. [boolean, default: false]

Commands

autoHide.toggleHideSideBar: Toggle autoHide.autoHideSideBar setting for current workspace. Use this command to pin/unpin the side bar.
autoHide.toggleHidePanel: Toggle autoHide.autoHidePanel setting for current workspace. Use this command to pin/unpin the panel.

Developing

Clone/download repo: https://github.com/sirmspencer/vscode-autohide.git
Make code changes in "src" folder.
Run "npm run compile". (this will start compiler in watch mode) [if editing in vscode, Ctrl+Shift+B also works]
In vscode, open the Debug panel and launch the extension from there.

Publishing

Get access token

https://dev.azure.com/

login

vsce login [username]

Publish package

vsce package
vsce publish

https://code.visualstudio.com/api/working-with-extensions/publishing-extensionn>

Credit to 'VTools for Visual Studio Code'

This extension is a heavily modified version of: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=venryx.vscode-vtools

sirmspencer/vscode-autohide