feat: explore perspective mechanisms

packages/ai-ide/src/browser/ai-first-perspective-contribution.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// *****************************************************************************
+// Copyright (C) 2026 EclipseSource GmbH.
+//
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+// terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
+// http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+//
+// This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary
+// Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the Eclipse
+// Public License v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License, version 2
+// with the GNU Classpath Exception which is available at
+// https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
+// *****************************************************************************
+
+import { injectable } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
+import { nls } from '@theia/core';
+import { PerspectiveContribution, PerspectiveChromeOptions, PerspectiveService } from '@theia/core/lib/browser/perspective-service';
+import { ApplicationShell } from '@theia/core/lib/browser/shell/application-shell';
+import { EXPLORER_VIEW_CONTAINER_ID } from '@theia/navigator/lib/browser';
+import { SCM_VIEW_CONTAINER_ID } from '@theia/scm/lib/browser/scm-contribution';
+import { ChatViewWidget } from '@theia/ai-chat-ui/lib/browser/chat-view-widget';
+
+@injectable()
+export class AIFirstPerspectiveContribution implements PerspectiveContribution {
+
+    registerPerspectives(service: PerspectiveService): void {
+        const chromeOptions: PerspectiveChromeOptions = {
+            hideStatusBar: true,
+            collapseAreas: ['left', 'bottom']
+        };
+        service.registerPerspective({
+            id: 'ai-first',
+            label: nls.localize('theia/ai-ide/perspective/aiFirst', 'AI First'),
+            viewPlacements: new Map<string, ApplicationShell.Area>([
+                [ChatViewWidget.ID, 'main'],
+                [EXPLORER_VIEW_CONTAINER_ID, 'right'],
+                [SCM_VIEW_CONTAINER_ID, 'right']
+            ]),
+            chromeOptions
+        });
+    }
+}

packages/ai-ide/src/browser/frontend-module.ts

@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ import { CodeReviewerAgent } from './code-reviewer-agent';
 import { CodeReviewCapabilityContribution } from './code-review-capability-contribution';
 import { PRReviewAgent } from './review/pr-review-agent';
 import { PRReviewCapabilityContribution } from './review/pr-review-capability-contribution';
+import { PerspectiveContribution } from '@theia/core/lib/browser/perspective-service';
+import { AIFirstPerspectiveContribution } from './ai-first-perspective-contribution';
 
 export default new ContainerModule((bind, _unbind, _isBound, rebind) => {
     bind(PreferenceContribution).toConstantValue({ schema: aiIdePreferenceSchema });
@@ -350,4 +352,7 @@ export default new ContainerModule((bind, _unbind, _isBound, rebind) => {
 
     bind(FrontendApplicationContribution).to(CodeReviewCapabilityContribution);
     bind(FrontendApplicationContribution).to(PRReviewCapabilityContribution);
+
+    bind(AIFirstPerspectiveContribution).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
+    bind(PerspectiveContribution).toService(AIFirstPerspectiveContribution);
 });

packages/core/src/browser/frontend-application-module.ts

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ import { WidgetStatusBarContribution, WidgetStatusBarService } from './widget-st
 import { SymbolIconColorContribution } from './symbol-icon-color-contribution';
 import { CorePreferences, bindCorePreferences } from '../common/core-preferences';
 import { bindBadgeDecoration } from './badges';
+import { PerspectiveContribution, PerspectiveService } from './perspective-service';
 
 export { bindResourceProvider, bindMessageService, bindPreferenceService };
 
@@ -483,6 +484,11 @@ export const frontendApplicationModule = new ContainerModule((bind, _unbind, _is
     bind(DomInputUndoRedoHandler).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
     bind(UndoRedoHandler).toService(DomInputUndoRedoHandler);
 
+    bind(PerspectiveService).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
+    bind(FrontendApplicationContribution).toService(PerspectiveService);
+    bind(CommandContribution).toService(PerspectiveService);
+    bindRootContributionProvider(bind, PerspectiveContribution);
+
     bind(WidgetStatusBarService).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
     bind(FrontendApplicationContribution).toService(WidgetStatusBarService);
     bindRootContributionProvider(bind, WidgetStatusBarContribution);

packages/core/src/browser/index.ts

@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ export * from './markdown-rendering/markdown-renderer';
 export * from './markdown-rendering/markdown';
 export * from './markdown-rendering/markdown-link-handler';
 export * from './components';
+export * from './perspective-service';