From c17400ce6d19098bc5cf2a4c998d4916fafdc63d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elio Struyf <elio@struyfconsulting.be>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:57:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] #783 - Always show custom panel views

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                          | 1 +
 src/panelWebView/components/BaseView.tsx              | 3 +++
 src/panelWebView/components/CustomView/CustomView.tsx | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17030fe7..44f70fd6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 - [#773](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/773): Added the ability to rename content files
 - [#777](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/777): Show an error in the metadata panel if something went wrong while parsing the front matter
 - [#778](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/778): Added the ability to open a file or webpage when custom scripts is completed
+- [#783](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/783): Always show the custom panel view
 
 ### ⚡️ Optimizations
 
diff --git a/src/panelWebView/components/BaseView.tsx b/src/panelWebView/components/BaseView.tsx
index 5821bdbd..48315cd2 100644
--- a/src/panelWebView/components/BaseView.tsx
+++ b/src/panelWebView/components/BaseView.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import * as l10n from "@vscode/l10n"
 import { LocalizationKey } from '../../localization';
 import { InitializeAction } from './InitializeAction';
 import { Actions } from './Actions';
+import { CustomView } from './CustomView';
 
 export interface IBaseViewProps {
   settings: PanelSettings | undefined;
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ const BaseView: React.FunctionComponent<IBaseViewProps> = ({
           <>
             <GitAction settings={settings} />
 
+            <CustomView />
+
             <FeatureFlag features={mode?.features || [...allPanelValues]} flag={FEATURE_FLAG.panel.globalSettings}>
               <GlobalSettings settings={settings} isBase />
             </FeatureFlag>
diff --git a/src/panelWebView/components/CustomView/CustomView.tsx b/src/panelWebView/components/CustomView/CustomView.tsx
index 9ac0bf73..d3616af6 100644
--- a/src/panelWebView/components/CustomView/CustomView.tsx
+++ b/src/panelWebView/components/CustomView/CustomView.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { CustomPanelViewResult } from '../../../models';
 import { Collapsible } from '../Collapsible';
 
 export interface ICustomViewProps {
-  metadata: any;
+  metadata?: any;
 }
 
 export const CustomView: React.FunctionComponent<ICustomViewProps> = ({ metadata }: React.PropsWithChildren<ICustomViewProps>) => {