second attempt

app/web/src/components/IdeSideBar/sidebarConfig.tsx

@@ -105,18 +105,25 @@ const settingsConfig: settingsConfig[] = [
   {
     title: 'Console',
     name: 'console',
-    Content: () => (
+    Content: () => {
-      <div className="p-2">
+      const { state, thunkDispatch } = useIdeContext()      
-        <p>
+      return (
-          <em>Coming Soon</em>
+        <div className="p-2">
-        </p>
+          <li className="grid items-center my-2" style={{ gridTemplateColumns: 'auto 4rem' }}>
-        <hr className="my-2" />
+            <div className="text-sm">Visible</div>
-        <p className="p-2">
+            <input type="checkbox"
-          We're building configuration settings for the Viewer pane now. Join us
+              onChange={(newValue) => {
-          on <DiscordLink /> if you want to lend a hand!
+                    state.consoleVisible = !state.consoleVisible
-        </p>
+                    if (state.consoleVisible)
-      </div>
+                      thunkDispatch({ type: 'resetLayout'})
-    ),
+                    else
+                      thunkDispatch({ type: 'setLayout', payload:{ message:{ direction: 'row',  first: 'Editor',  second: 'Viewer'}}})
+                  }}
+              checked={state.consoleVisible}/>
+          </li>
+        </div>
+      )
+    },
   },
 ]
 

app/web/src/helpers/hooks/useIdeState.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export interface State {
   isLoading: boolean
   threeInstance: RootState
   sideTray: string[] // could probably be an array of a union type
+  consoleVisible: boolean
 }
 
 const code = ''
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ export const initialState: State = {
   isLoading: false,
   threeInstance: null,
   sideTray: [],
+  consoleVisible: true,
 }
 
 const reducer = (state: State, { type, payload }): State => {