Make open files always in a new tab by default

[tony95271]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

• VS Code Version:
• OS Version:

Version: 1.88.0 (user setup) Commit: 5c3e652f63e798a5ac2f31ffd0d863669328dc4c Date: 2024-04-03T13:26:18.741Z Electron: 28.2.8 ElectronBuildId: 27744544 Chromium: 120.0.6099.291 Node.js: 18.18.2 V8: 12.0.267.19-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

Steps to Reproduce:

1. download the latest VSCode from official site
2. start it without old config

Jesus Christ, please make open files always in a new tab by default. It should not be a feature of VSCode; it's obviously a goddamn bug because 99.999% of people use it for coding, not for previewing files in only one tab.

VSCode should be zero-config and easy to use out of the box.

See also

• https://www.nicoespeon.com/en/2020/01/change-vscode-preview-files/
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/51731593/913751

[vscodenpa]

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[Number-3434]

You can use a setting to disable preview mode:

workbench.editor.enablePreview false

You can also double-click the file.

P.S. most people actually have the opposite problem; they want it to never open in a new tab.

[vscodenpa]

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[vscodenpa]

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[Onkelborg]

PR for fixing this bug: #115088