Stretch the size of the panel up and down, and the primary & secondary sidebars left and right, to increase and decrease the size of these areas using keyboard shortcuts.
The keyboard shortcuts are based on IntelliJ's shortcuts for resizing tool windows.
The pattern to the shortcuts is
macOS: ⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + direction to move edge
Windows/Linux: ⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ⇧ shift + direction to move edge
Keybindings
macOS
Windows/Linux
When focus is in the bottom panel,
expand the panel larger
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ↑ up
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ⇧ shift + ↑ up
shrink the panel smaller
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ↓ down
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ⇧ shift + ↓ down
When focus is in the primary sidebar on the left (default),
expand the panel larger
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + → right
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ⇧ shift + → right
shrink the panel smaller
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ← left
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ⇧ shift + ← left
When focus is in the primary sidebar on the right (workbench.sideBar.location == 'right'),
expand the panel larger
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ← left
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ⇧ shift + ← left
shrink the panel smaller
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + → right
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ⇧ shift + → right
When focus is in the secondary sidebar on the right (default),
expand the panel larger
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ← left
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ⇧ shift + ← left
shrink the panel smaller
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + → right
⌃ ctrl + ⌥ alt + ⇧ shift + → right
When focus is in the secondary sidebar on the left (workbench.sideBar.location == 'right'),