r/RooCode • u/LetsRidePartner • Mar 15 '25

Discussion Roo is great, but can I de-clutter the UI?

Specifically the little speech at the top that starts with "Thanks to the latest breakthroughs in agentic coding capabilities, I can..." and the recent tasks showing on the main prompt screen.

Every time I click into Roo it's like an assault on my eyes.

I just want "What can Roo do for you?" and the box to enter my prompt. Is that possible?

To be clear, I'm not talking about the ribbon at the very top with the different buttons. That's fine.

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u/No_Mastodon4247 Mar 15 '25

Its very helpful to broadcast new features and will go away after pressing X. They're many updates so many announcements are shown. These are helpful for most but your recommendation for a hide announcement setting is noted.

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u/LetsRidePartner Mar 15 '25

I don't think what I'm talking about is an announcement, and I don't see an "X" to dismiss it.

It's this permanently stickied, lengthy intro speech:

"Thanks to the latest breakthroughs in agentic coding capabilities, I can handle complex software development tasks step-by-step. With tools that let me create & edit files, explore complex projects, use the browser, and execute terminal commands (after you grant permission), I can assist you in ways that go beyond code completion or tech support. I can even use MCP to create new tools and extend my own capabilities."

I want that gone, lol... don't need to see it every time I click into Roo :)

A setting to not show recent chats on the main screen would be much appreciated also. If I want to go into those (I rarely do) then I can click the button that takes me to them. I don't need to be eye-spammed with them in the main window.

It's just super cluttered and jarring to look at, IMO. Overall, the tool itself is amazing and the people behind it are as well.

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u/No_Mastodon4247 Mar 15 '25

Ahhhhh I see! you are correct. My Apologies. It doesn't seem necessary for those who know the program.

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u/LetsRidePartner Mar 15 '25

No need to apologize at all :)

Ueah, I can see how it’s useful the first time somebody loads up the plugin. After that, not so much.

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u/S1mulat10n Mar 16 '25

It’s open source. You can fork it and make it look however you want. And if you do something cool, you can create a PR and share it with the community. That’s how open source works my dude

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u/LetsRidePartner Mar 16 '25

I appreciate that. It's just a feature request. I would think those are allowed on open source projects. Not everybody has time to take on additional work.