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Feature Request: Bring Back the File Explorer Button in Codex

OpenAI Developer Community May 8, 2026
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Welcome to the forum! agho: > I often need to quickly inspect the project structure, open files, check where generated or edited files are located, and understand the codebase visually As a developer, I cannot imagine an IDE without an integrated file explorer. I use Codex on Windows 11 with VS Code and the VS Code OpenAI Codex extension. The extension already provides many GUI-based capabilities. The file exploring functionality is integrated through the VSCode source code control, for example: While not the solution you seek, an idea that may help. Thanks for reporting the issue.

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