When IDE mode is enabled, the "No, suggest changes (esc)" is not available? This prevents providing natural language feedback

[epicwhale]

What happened?

when IDE mode is enabled, the "No, suggest changes (esc)" option is explicitly hidden and changes are only possible through code within the editor. However, when IDE mode is not enabled, the "No, suggest changes (esc)." appears - I find this inconsistent as I want to provide natural language feedback even when VSCode shows the changes in a visual diff. I don't want to edit the code, but want to steer the model

What did you expect to happen?

always show "No, suggest changes (esc)" when suggesting changes

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Run gemini to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.

> /about
 About Gemini CLI                                        │
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│ CLI Version        0.5.0-preview-2                      │
│ Git Commit         3412e842                             │
│ Model              gemini-2.5-pro                       │
│ Sandbox            no sandbox                           │
│ OS                 darwin                               │
│ Auth Method        gemini-api-key                       │
│ IDE Client         VS Code                              │
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[gemini-cli]

The user is requesting a change to the user interface to allow for natural language feedback while in IDE mode. This is an enhancement request related to the user experience.

[epicwhale]

I would say this is kind/bug than enhancement given it blocks the user from natural language input

[skeshive]

Thanks for filing this issue- we updated the UI to display No (suggest changes) even when IDE mode is enabled in: #8266

FWIW "No (esc)" vs. No (suggest changes)" is just a difference in behavior. Esc + providing feedback would result in the same outcome regardless of the UI