Working in Editor View

Editor View is Antigravity's synchronous development surface. It works the way you'd expect from a modern AI-powered IDE — tab completions, inline commands, a file tree — but with a fully capable agent in the side panel that can take actions beyond code generation.

The Three Components

Tab Completions

As you type, Antigravity suggests completions inline. These are context-aware across your entire workspace — not just the current file. Accept with Tab, dismiss with Escape.

Completions in Antigravity are stronger than typical copilot-style tools because the underlying model (Gemini 3 Pro by default) has a larger context window and understands multi-file relationships. A completion in one file will account for types and conventions defined in another.

Inline Commands

Trigger an inline command with / anywhere in the editor. This opens a prompt input directly in the file where you want the change:

/ refactor this function to use async/await
/ add error handling for the null case
/ write a test for this component

The agent applies the change in-place. You see a diff preview before accepting. Inline commands are single-shot — they don't start an ongoing agent session, they execute one targeted action.

Side Panel Agent

The side panel on the right is where you interact with the agent conversationally. Unlike inline commands, the side panel agent maintains context across multiple turns and can take a sequence of actions:

• Read and write multiple files
• Run terminal commands
• Search the codebase
• Browse the web for documentation

This is the synchronous loop: you describe what you want, the agent acts, you review, you give feedback, it continues. The side panel keeps the full history of the session so you can scroll back and understand every decision.

When to Use Editor View

Editor View is the right surface when:

• You want to stay close to the code and review each step
• The task is scoped to a few files or a single feature
• You need to iterate quickly with tight feedback
• You're exploring a codebase you're unfamiliar with

It is not designed for long-running, multi-workspace tasks. For those, you'll use Manager View — covered in the next lesson.

Switching to Manager View

At any point in an Editor View session you can hand off to Manager View. Antigravity is designed for "instantaneous handoffs" between the two surfaces — your session context carries over. You don't lose what the agent has already done.

This handoff is the key workflow pattern: start in Editor View to establish context and direction, then hand off to Manager View when the task is well-defined enough to run autonomously.