From cf7f57448b6385aa34f8f0af97f607cad62944ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Spicer <23246594+joshspicer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:42:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] shortcut to open untitled editor (#279440)

---
 .../browser/actions/chatContinueInAction.ts   | 27 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/actions/chatContinueInAction.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/actions/chatContinueInAction.ts
index 42a390af431..d64f6156bf7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/actions/chatContinueInAction.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/actions/chatContinueInAction.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import { IChatWidgetService } from '../chat.js';
 import { CHAT_SETUP_ACTION_ID } from './chatActions.js';
 import { CancellationToken } from '../../../../../base/common/cancellation.js';
 import { PromptFileVariableKind, toPromptFileVariableEntry } from '../../common/chatVariableEntries.js';
+import { NEW_CHAT_SESSION_ACTION_ID } from '../chatSessions/common.js';
 
 export const enum ActionLocation {
 	ChatWidget = 'chatWidget',
@@ -197,25 +198,28 @@ export class ChatContinueInSessionActionItem extends ActionWidgetDropdownActionV
 class CreateRemoteAgentJobAction {
 	constructor() { }
 
+	private openUntitledEditor(commandService: ICommandService, continuationTarget: IChatSessionsExtensionPoint) {
+		commandService.executeCommand(`${NEW_CHAT_SESSION_ACTION_ID}.${continuationTarget.type}`);
+	}
+
 	async run(accessor: ServicesAccessor, continuationTarget: IChatSessionsExtensionPoint) {
 		const contextKeyService = accessor.get(IContextKeyService);
+		const commandService = accessor.get(ICommandService);
+		const widgetService = accessor.get(IChatWidgetService);
+		const chatAgentService = accessor.get(IChatAgentService);
+		const chatService = accessor.get(IChatService);
+		const editorService = accessor.get(IEditorService);
+
 		const remoteJobCreatingKey = ChatContextKeys.remoteJobCreating.bindTo(contextKeyService);
 
 		try {
 			remoteJobCreatingKey.set(true);
 
-			const widgetService = accessor.get(IChatWidgetService);
-			const chatAgentService = accessor.get(IChatAgentService);
-			const chatService = accessor.get(IChatService);
-			const editorService = accessor.get(IEditorService);
-
 			const widget = widgetService.lastFocusedWidget;
-			if (!widget) {
-				return;
-			}
-			if (!widget.viewModel) {
-				return;
+			if (!widget || !widget.viewModel) {
+				return this.openUntitledEditor(commandService, continuationTarget);
 			}
+
 			// todo@connor4312: remove 'as' cast
 			const chatModel = widget.viewModel.model as ChatModel;
 			if (!chatModel) {
@@ -227,8 +231,7 @@ class CreateRemoteAgentJobAction {
 			let userPrompt = widget.getInput();
 			if (!userPrompt) {
 				if (!chatRequests.length) {
-					// Nothing to do
-					return;
+					return this.openUntitledEditor(commandService, continuationTarget);
 				}
 				userPrompt = 'implement this.';
 			}