I am using VSCode on Ubuntu with some Java extensions installed. Even without the extensions installed, I still have this problem.

The menu I describe is what opens when you right click somewhere in the File Explorer on VSCode. It has New File, New Folder, Open Containing Folder, etc. and on my Windows 11 machine, right click opens a full and complete menu with no scroll bar.

To further clarify which menu I mean, it’s the one in the file explorer you’d use to add a new folder or file to your project.

My expectation is that on Ubuntu, VSCode also opens a full, completely expanded menu showing all options.

My actual result is that it opens a menu that I have to scroll up and down in to access stuff. That’s bad because it means I add several physical actions to common and repeated tasks, as well as costing energy, time, and work for my mind to sort out whether I have to scroll up or down. I’m sure you all understand but, I use that menu 30x a day.

Video of the problem here

Example of what my menu looks like on Windows. This is the good menu:

Part of the solution could be to disable every Java extension, but that doesn’t meet my needs. I have those extensions installed for a reason. If I could kick them out of the context menu, make a configuration to remove them, I would do that as a good start — I don’t use any of the menu actions they add anyways.

The ideal solution is a right click tickbox in the Settings panel that says, “Always open and extend the menu as big as it needs to be to show the options.” That’s what I want.

I’ve tried:

1. Disabling/uninstalling several Java extensions. I wish I could keep every benefit they offer with the exception of adding the five useless context menu items that take up space. Aside from needing the benefits, the window still scrolls after uninstalling all Java extensions.

2. Searching in VSCode’s settings panel for mentions of “explorer context menu” and just “context” as my search query. None of the options meet my needs.

3. Ctrl + and Ctrl - to resize VSCode’s whole UI. This fails. The context menu remains the same font size. It’s a clue because the shortcut doesn’t change the font size.