The Explorer button on the left disappears suddenly

[foolem]

Type: Bug

I just open the editor, start accessing some tabs, go to other software and then when I get back to VSCode the Explorer icon is not there, and I have to close and open VSCode again

VS Code version: Code 1.96.2 (Universal) (fabdb6a, 2024-12-19T10:22:47.216Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 23.5.0
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Apple M3 Max (14 x 2400)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	5, 3, 3
Memory (System)	36.00GB (1.73GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 1098c5d1-55cc-4db4-924d-81b21811183d
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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[gjsjohnmurray]

Does Cmd+Shift+E bring it back?

When the icon is present tin the Activity Bar, does its context menu offer a Keep 'Explorer' option?