fix: show Tasks view container in Cursor when not authenticated (#839)

Cursor has a bug where view containers whose views are all hidden via
`when` clauses never re-appear after the context changes. Add a
placeholder login tree view so the coderTasks container always has at
least one visible view.

Fixes #838

Author: EhabY

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 - Fixed SSH config writes failing on Windows when antivirus, cloud sync software,
   or another process briefly locks the file.
+- Fixed Tasks view container not showing in Cursor when not authenticated.
 
 ### Changed
 

package.json

@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@
 				}
 			],
 			"coderTasks": [
+				{
+					"id": "coder.tasksLogin",
+					"name": "Coder Tasks",
+					"icon": "media/tasks-logo.svg",
+					"when": "!coder.authenticated"
+				},
 				{
 					"type": "webview",
 					"id": "coder.tasksPanel",
@@ -225,6 +231,11 @@
 				"view": "myWorkspaces",
 				"contents": "Coder is a platform that provisions remote development environments. \n[Login](command:coder.login)",
 				"when": "!coder.authenticated && coder.loaded"
+			},
+			{
+				"view": "coder.tasksLogin",
+				"contents": "Sign in to view and manage Coder tasks.\n[Login](command:coder.login)",
+				"when": "!coder.authenticated && coder.loaded"
 			}
 		],
 		"commands": [

src/extension.ts

@@ -188,6 +188,18 @@ export async function activate(ctx: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<void> {
 	// controlled by contexts, see `when` in the package.json.
 	const commands = new Commands(serviceContainer, client, deploymentManager);
 
+	// Placeholder tree view for the coderTasks container when not authenticated.
+	// Works around a Cursor bug where containers with all views hidden via `when`
+	// clauses never re-appear after the context changes.
+	ctx.subscriptions.push(
+		vscode.window.createTreeView("coder.tasksLogin", {
+			treeDataProvider: {
+				getTreeItem: () => new vscode.TreeItem(""),
+				getChildren: () => [],
+			},
+		}),
+	);
+
 	// Register Tasks webview panel with dependencies
 	const tasksPanelProvider = new TasksPanelProvider(
 		ctx.extensionUri,