From e06393eaf862ca4ff83226eebc320227d10ec60d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mrleemurray <mrleemurray@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:49:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Reduce activity bar dimensions for improved UI consistency

---
 .../browser/parts/activitybar/activitybarPart.ts       |  4 ++--
 .../browser/parts/activitybar/media/activityaction.css | 10 +++++-----
 .../parts/activitybar/media/activitybarpart.css        |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/activitybarPart.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/activitybarPart.ts
index 35069d1fa96..6978ffacbf0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/activitybarPart.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/activitybarPart.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ export class ActivitybarPart extends Part {
 
 	//#region IView
 
-	readonly minimumWidth: number = 40;
-	readonly maximumWidth: number = 40;
+	readonly minimumWidth: number = 36;
+	readonly maximumWidth: number = 36;
 	readonly minimumHeight: number = 0;
 	readonly maximumHeight: number = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/media/activityaction.css b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/media/activityaction.css
index 9186e5c7697..0027174d78e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/media/activityaction.css
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/media/activityaction.css
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 .monaco-workbench .activitybar > .content .composite-bar > .monaco-action-bar .action-item::after {
 	position: absolute;
 	content: '';
-	width: 40px;
+	width: 36px;
 	height: 2px;
 	display: none;
 	background-color: transparent;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 	z-index: 1;
 	display: flex;
 	overflow: hidden;
-	width: 40px;
+	width: 36px;
 	height: 32px;
 	margin-right: 0;
 	box-sizing: border-box;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 .monaco-workbench .activitybar > .content :not(.monaco-menu) > .monaco-action-bar .action-label:not(.codicon) {
 	font-size: 15px;
 	line-height: 32px;
-	padding: 0 0 0 40px;
+	padding: 0 0 0 36px;
 }
 
 .monaco-workbench .activitybar > .content :not(.monaco-menu) > .monaco-action-bar .action-label.codicon {
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@
 
 .monaco-workbench .activitybar > .content :not(.monaco-menu) > .monaco-action-bar .badge .badge-content {
 	position: absolute;
-	top: 16px;
-	right: 7px;
+	top: 18px;
+	right: 6px;
 	font-size: 9px;
 	font-weight: 600;
 	min-width: 9px;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/media/activitybarpart.css b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/media/activitybarpart.css
index 644f616aeb5..452cc971b24 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/media/activitybarpart.css
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/activitybar/media/activitybarpart.css
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 .monaco-workbench .part.activitybar {
-	width: 40px;
+	width: 36px;
 	height: 100%;
 }