Visual Studio Code Editor Tabs
VS Code is a great IDE for all sorts of languages - especially when I stray outside of the Java ecosystem, where I mainly use NetBeans or Eclipse (think JavaScript, Node, Sass, and many more).
But whenever I have set up a new installation on a new computer, I have always forgotten about how edit previews work, compared to simply opening each file in a separate tab.
I need to go to File
> Preferences
> Settings
, and then I need to set Workbench
> Editor
> Enable Preview
to false
(by unchecking the checkbox):
This ensures each single-click on a file causes the file to open in a new editor tab, instead of replacing the previously opened tab. (I tend to expect a file to open in this way without needing to double-click on it.)
Setting Workbench
> Editor
> Show Tabs
to multiple
is necessary, but not sufficient.
Author northCoder
LastMod 30-Jun-2024