Hide project/services panels when not in a docker-compose project directory by Copilot · Pull Request #776 · jesseduffield/lazydocker

Copilot · 2026-03-15T22:20:36Z

v0.25's multi-project discovery caused the Projects and Services panels to always appear, even when launched outside a compose project. Containers were also filtered to the first discovered project, making other running containers invisible.

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project_panel.go: Added Hide returning !InDockerComposeProject — Projects panel only appears when inside a compose directory.
services_panel.go: Simplified Hide from !InDockerComposeProject && len(services) == 0 to !InDockerComposeProject. The old check caused the panel to appear whenever other compose containers were running on the system.
containers_panel.go: Project-based filtering now only applies when InDockerComposeProject is true — outside a compose project, all containers are shown in a flat list regardless of their compose project label.
arrangement.go: The compact-size treatment (Size: 3) for the first side panel was unconditional. Now it only applies when sideWindowNames[0] == "project", preventing the Containers panel from being squashed to 3 lines when the Projects panel is hidden.

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<issue_title>Disable forced Project view</issue_title>
<issue_description>Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Before v25 if I run lazydocker in a "non project" folder I was able to see all running containers on the system in the container[3] view, regardless if they belong to a docker-compose project or not and the Services [2] panel was hidden. If i run it from inside a docker-compose project folder I would see the containers of the compose project in the Services[2] Panel and all others in the containers[3] panel.

Now I am no longer able to see all containers on the system at once, no matter in which folder I run lazydocker.
Also now the "Services" panel is always visible which adds yet another panel to the already overcrowded left side (see also #513)

Describe the solution you'd like
A way to disable the "Project" functionality if lazydocker is not run inside a project folder and have all containers be visible in a flat list in panel [3] like it was possible in v24. As shown in the Github Project's own readme/demo https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/blob/master/docs/resources/demo3.gif

</issue_description>

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Fixes Disable forced Project view #775

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ddibiasi · 2026-03-31T08:46:05Z

This should be moved after if gui.DockerCommand.InDockerComposeProject{ .., as otherwise containers from other projects would be incorrectly hidden.

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Pull request overview

Adjusts LazyDocker’s side panels and container filtering so that when launched outside a docker-compose project directory, the UI doesn’t force the Projects/Services context and instead shows all containers in a flat list (restoring pre-v0.25 behavior and fixing hidden containers).

Changes:

Hide the Projects and Services side panels when InDockerComposeProject is false.
Apply compose-project filtering in the Containers panel only when InDockerComposeProject is true.
Prevent the first visible side panel from being squashed to a fixed compact height unless it’s actually the Project panel.

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File	Description
pkg/gui/project_panel.go	Hides Projects panel outside compose directories.
pkg/gui/services_panel.go	Hides Services panel outside compose directories (removes “any discovered services” exception).
pkg/gui/containers_panel.go	Limits project/standalone filtering to compose-project context so all containers show outside compose dirs.
pkg/gui/arrangement.go	Only applies compact-height treatment when the first side panel is the Project panel.

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Copilot · 2026-04-19T01:58:11Z

+			// Only apply project and standalone filtering when we are inside a
+			// docker-compose project. Outside of a compose project all
+			// containers are shown in a flat list regardless of which compose
+			// project they belong to.
+			if gui.DockerCommand.InDockerComposeProject {
+				// This check must be inside the InDockerComposeProject guard:
+				// outside a compose project, services are still derived from
+				// container labels, so compose-managed containers from other
+				// projects would be incorrectly hidden.
+				//
+				// Note that this is O(N*M) time complexity where N is the number of services
+				// and M is the number of containers. We expect N to be small but M may be large,
+				// so we will need to keep an eye on this.
+				if !gui.Config.UserConfig.Gui.ShowAllContainers && !isStandaloneContainer(container) {
+					return false
+				}
+
+				// Filter by selected project. Containers with no project (truly
+				// standalone, not from any compose project) are always shown.
+				selectedProject := gui.getSelectedProjectName()
+				if selectedProject == "" {
+					selectedProject = gui.DockerCommand.LocalProjectName
+				}
+				if selectedProject != "" && container.ProjectName != "" && container.ProjectName != selectedProject {
+					return false
+				}
 			}


The filtering behaviour here changed significantly (project filtering is now conditional on InDockerComposeProject). Since this impacts which containers are visible, it would be good to add unit tests covering the Filter logic for (a) InDockerComposeProject=false => compose-labelled containers are not hidden, and (b) InDockerComposeProject=true with ShowAllContainers toggled and selectedProject set/unset to ensure the expected inclusion/exclusion.

This MR contains the following updates: | Package | Update | Change | |---|---|---| | [jesseduffield/lazydocker](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker) | patch | `v0.25.0` → `v0.25.2` | MR created with the help of [el-capitano/tools/renovate-bot](https://gitlab.com/el-capitano/tools/renovate-bot). **Proposed changes to behavior should be submitted there as MRs.** --- ### Release Notes <details> <summary>jesseduffield/lazydocker (jesseduffield/lazydocker)</summary> ### [`v0.25.2`](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/releases/tag/v0.25.2) [Compare Source](jesseduffield/lazydocker@v0.25.0...v0.25.2) #### Changelog - [`697cd44`](jesseduffield/lazydocker@697cd44) Add some claude stuff - [`b17d474`](jesseduffield/lazydocker@b17d474) Fixed forced project view - [`e3c1c86`](jesseduffield/lazydocker@e3c1c86) Hide project/services panels when not in a docker-compose project - [`ebce4fc`](jesseduffield/lazydocker@ebce4fc) Initial plan - [`9134abe`](jesseduffield/lazydocker@9134abe) Merge pull request [#776](jesseduffield/lazydocker#776) from jesseduffield/copilot/disable-forced-project-view - [`8106125`](jesseduffield/lazydocker@8106125) Merge pull request [#795](jesseduffield/lazydocker#795) from ddibiasi/copilot/disable-forced-project-view - [`7e7aadc`](jesseduffield/lazydocker@7e7aadc) Merge pull request [#797](jesseduffield/lazydocker#797) from jesseduffield/support-p-flag - [`3974f6f`](jesseduffield/lazydocker@3974f6f) Support -p flag and DRY up code - [`f5ff116`](jesseduffield/lazydocker@f5ff116) Use IsProjectScoped at remaining call sites + add test </details> --- ### Configuration 📅 **Schedule**: (UTC) - Branch creation - At any time (no schedule defined) - Automerge - At any time (no schedule defined) 🚦 **Automerge**: Enabled. ♻ **Rebasing**: Whenever MR is behind base branch, or you tick the rebase/retry checkbox. 🔕 **Ignore**: Close this MR and you won't be reminded about this update again. --- - [ ] If you want to rebase/retry this MR, check this box --- This MR has been generated by [Renovate Bot](https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate).

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Hide project/services panels when not in a docker-compose project

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Disable forced Project view #775

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Fixed forced project view

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Fixed forced project view #795

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Add config option to show Projects/Services panels outside of a docker-compose directory #800

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