Timeline for How can I prevent Visual Studio Code from replacing a newly opened, unmodified (preview) tab with a subsequently opened one?
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| Dec 10, 2025 at 21:08 | comment | added | pacoverflow | With 700K views on this question, clearly the Preview Mode should be disabled by default. | |
| Nov 23, 2025 at 12:39 | history | edited | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Second iteration [<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_clause_structure#Run-on_sentences>]. Applied some formatting.
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| Nov 23, 2025 at 12:22 | history | edited | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Active reading. Applied some formatting.
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| Feb 22, 2025 at 14:34 | comment | added | akTed | You can also middle-click to open in edit mode instead of preview mode | |
| Jun 28, 2023 at 5:46 | history | edited | Michael Freidgeim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
article How to Always Open Files in a New Tab - VSCode
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| Jun 22, 2023 at 23:45 | comment | added | sh37211 |
> You can use the Command Palette(shortcut Ctrl+Shift+P) to open your settings file, just enter "Preferences: Open User Settings" . Following those instructions leads to "No matching results" if you're doing it in a Remote VSCode window. You need to open a local window and then this works.
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| Sep 20, 2022 at 9:49 | comment | added | Nullify | Cant you just do Ctrl + \ (Ctrl + BackSlash)? | |
| May 21, 2021 at 2:36 | comment | added | facetus | It's not only most useless feature, it's also actually quite annoying. If I knew I would have upvoted it in the discussion thread. It's a strange criterion for a backlog candidate. I don't think regular users regularly check GitHub's issues looking for upvoting new features. | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 17:03 | comment | added | wesinat0r | I submitted a PR to change the default behaviour github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/115088 | |
| Aug 3, 2020 at 15:02 | comment | added | CJ Edgerton |
When using ctrl+p to locate a file, you can also use alt+enter or press the right arrow key while the file is highlighted to open it in normal mode (not preview mode)
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| May 21, 2020 at 0:50 | history | edited | Michael Freidgeim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Ctrl+Shift+P for Command Palette
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| Jan 14, 2020 at 9:48 | comment | added | kontur |
Since I have arrived the second time within a few months at this answer, also note that there is a Workbench > Editor: Show Tabs setting, which, when disabled, looks similar to the preview mode, because you never see a tab appearing except the one you open.
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| Mar 13, 2019 at 19:12 | history | edited | Michael Ratanapintha | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
updated broken links, removed disclaimer about only being for the side bar
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| Feb 8, 2019 at 17:39 | history | edited | danronmoon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Grammar
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| Feb 5, 2019 at 16:12 | comment | added | Mohsin AR |
can i change double-click to ctrl+click ?
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| S Sep 7, 2018 at 4:41 | history | suggested | Razzi Abuissa | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Use json config rather than mixing data with english instructions
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| S Feb 1, 2017 at 17:53 | history | edited | Brynden | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added note of another preview mode related option.
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| S Feb 1, 2017 at 17:53 | history | suggested | Community Bot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added fuller option of "workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen"
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| Aug 2, 2016 at 14:50 | vote | accept | Michael Hoeller | ||
| Aug 2, 2016 at 14:22 | history | answered | Brynden | CC BY-SA 3.0 |