Handle keybindings when editor is not focused

[gurbindersingh]

Does this extension only handle keybindings when an editor is in focus? For example I have the following keybindings

{
    "before": ["<leader>", "s", "o"],
    "commands": ["workbench.action.focusSideBar"]
},
{
    "before": ["<leader>", "s", "c"],
    "commands": ["workbench.action.closeSidebar"]
}, 

the first one works, the second does not.

[gurbindersingh]

I am not sure if this is the recommended solution but I found out that you can define multi-chord keybindings directly in the keyboard shortcuts JSON file (it does not work through the GUI). For example something like this

{
  "key": "space e e",
  "command": "workbench.action.toggleSidebarVisibility",
  "when": "sideBarFocus"
},

works. Though the when expression is important in this case because otherwise the Space key will stop doing its job as VS Code will expect you to be triggering a keyboard shortcut whenever you press Space.
Hopefully this helps someone else looking for a solution.