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When a single click to a file is made in the sidebar, Visual Studio Code opens it in Preview Mode, which allows you to quickly view files.

Behavior of Preview Mode

  • The tabs in the Preview Mode are not kept open.
  • As soon as you open another file from the sidebar, it overrides the existing file if it's in preview mode.
  • The title of the tab will be in italic if it's in preview mode Just, just like the below screenshot.

To open a file for editing (i.e. don't open in Preview Mode), double-click on the file in the sidebar.

Important!

If you want to edit a file, don't open in Preview Mode, double-click on the file in the sidebar instead.

If the file is already open in Preview mode, then to convert it to edit mode:

  • double click on its italic file name in the title bar, ORor
  • press Ctrl-K Enter

Steps to Disable Preview Mode

Criteria:

If you want to disable Preview Mode all together, that is:

  • accessing file through side-menu.
  • opening quick open menu using Ctrl + P.

Solution:

  • Open the Command Palette using the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+P.
  • Type Preferences: Open User Settings, this. This will open the Settings editor. Search for workbench.editor.enablePreview, and uncheck the checkbox. (changes are autosaved and indicated with a blue left border).

Additional:

  • If you only want to disable preview mode in the quick open menu, uncheck the box for workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen.

When a single click to a file is made in the sidebar, Visual Studio Code opens it in Preview Mode, which allows you to quickly view files.

Behavior of Preview Mode

  • The tabs in the Preview Mode are not kept open.
  • As soon as you open another file from the sidebar, it overrides the existing file if it's in preview mode.
  • The title of tab will be in italic if it's in preview mode Just like the below screenshot.

To open a file for editing (i.e. don't open in Preview Mode), double-click on the file in the sidebar.

Important!

If you want to edit a file, don't open in Preview Mode, double-click on the file in the sidebar instead.

If the file is already open in Preview mode, then to convert it to edit mode:

  • double click on its italic file name in the title bar, OR
  • press Ctrl-K Enter

Steps to Disable Preview Mode

Criteria:

If you want to disable Preview Mode all together, that is:

  • accessing file through side-menu.
  • opening quick open menu using Ctrl + P.

Solution:

  • Open the Command Palette using the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+P.
  • Type Preferences: Open User Settings, this will open the Settings editor. Search for workbench.editor.enablePreview, and uncheck the checkbox. (changes are autosaved and indicated with a blue left border)

Additional:

  • If you only want to disable preview mode in quick open menu, uncheck the box for workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen.

When a single click to a file is made in the sidebar, Visual Studio Code opens it in Preview Mode, which allows you to quickly view files.

Behavior of Preview Mode

  • The tabs in the Preview Mode are not kept open.
  • As soon as you open another file from the sidebar, it overrides the existing file if it's in preview mode.
  • The title of the tab will be in italic if it's in preview mode, just like the below screenshot.

To open a file for editing (i.e. don't open in Preview Mode), double-click on the file in the sidebar.

Important!

If you want to edit a file, don't open in Preview Mode, double-click on the file in the sidebar instead.

If the file is already open in Preview mode, then to convert it to edit mode:

  • double click on its italic file name in the title bar, or
  • press Ctrl-K Enter

Steps to Disable Preview Mode

Criteria:

If you want to disable Preview Mode all together, that is:

  • accessing file through side-menu.
  • opening quick open menu using Ctrl + P.

Solution:

  • Open the Command Palette using the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+P.
  • Type Preferences: Open User Settings. This will open the Settings editor. Search for workbench.editor.enablePreview, and uncheck the checkbox (changes are autosaved and indicated with a blue left border).

Additional:

  • If you only want to disable preview mode in the quick open menu, uncheck the box for workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen.
reorganize last paragraph to reflect changes to latest vscode settings editor. also improve headings and add details from comments to Important section
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Gaurang Tandon
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whenWhen a single click to a file is made in the sidebar, Visual Studio Code opens it in Preview Mode, which allows you to quickly view files.

Behavior of Preview Mode

Behavior of Preview Mode

  • The tabs in the Preview Mode are not kept open.
  • As soon as you open another file from the sidebar, it overrides the existing file if it's in preview mode.
  • The title of tab will be in italic if it's in preview mode Just like the below screenshot.

To open a file for editing (i.e. don't open in Preview Mode), double-click on the file in the sidebar.

Important!!

Important!

If you want to edit a file, don't open in Preview Mode, double-click on the the file in the sidebar instead.

Steps to Disable Preview Mode If the file is already open in Preview mode, then to convert it to edit mode:

  • double click on its italic file name in the title bar, OR
  • press Ctrl-K Enter

Steps to Disable Preview Mode

Criteria:

If you want to disable Preview Mode all together, that is:

  • accessing file through side-menu.

If you want to disable Preview Mode all together, that is:

  • opening quick open menu using Ctrl + p.
  • accessing file through side-menu.
  • opening quick open menu using Ctrl + P.

Solution:

  • It can be easily done through opening the Command Palette by clicking Ctrl+Shift+p

  • Type Preferences: Open User Settings this will open the Settings file to the right of the editor (a json content)

    Open the Command Palette using the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+P.
  • Add a new property to that json file as follows: "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false and save it.

    Type Preferences: Open User Settings, this will open the Settings editor. Search for workbench.editor.enablePreview, and uncheck the checkbox. (changes are autosaved and indicated with a blue left border)

Additional:

  • If you only want to disable preview mode in quick open menu add as follows, uncheck the box for "workbenchworkbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": falseenablePreviewFromQuickOpen.

when a single click to a file is made in the sidebar, Visual Studio Code opens it in Preview Mode, which allows you to quickly view files.

Behavior of Preview Mode

  • The tabs in the Preview Mode are not kept open.
  • As soon as you open another file from the sidebar, it overrides the existing file if it's in preview mode.
  • The title of tab will be in italic if it's in preview mode Just like the below screenshot.

To open a file for editing (i.e. don't open in Preview Mode), double-click on the file in the sidebar.

Important!!

If you want to edit a file don't open in Preview Mode, double-click on the file in the sidebar

Steps to Disable Preview Mode

Criteria:

If you want to disable Preview Mode all together, that is:

  • accessing file through side-menu.
  • opening quick open menu using Ctrl + p.

Solution:

  • It can be easily done through opening the Command Palette by clicking Ctrl+Shift+p

  • Type Preferences: Open User Settings this will open the Settings file to the right of the editor (a json content)

  • Add a new property to that json file as follows: "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false and save it.

Additional:

  • If you only want to disable preview mode in quick open menu add as follows "workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": false

When a single click to a file is made in the sidebar, Visual Studio Code opens it in Preview Mode, which allows you to quickly view files.

Behavior of Preview Mode

  • The tabs in the Preview Mode are not kept open.
  • As soon as you open another file from the sidebar, it overrides the existing file if it's in preview mode.
  • The title of tab will be in italic if it's in preview mode Just like the below screenshot.

To open a file for editing (i.e. don't open in Preview Mode), double-click on the file in the sidebar.

Important!

If you want to edit a file, don't open in Preview Mode, double-click on the file in the sidebar instead.

If the file is already open in Preview mode, then to convert it to edit mode:

  • double click on its italic file name in the title bar, OR
  • press Ctrl-K Enter

Steps to Disable Preview Mode

Criteria:

If you want to disable Preview Mode all together, that is:

  • accessing file through side-menu.
  • opening quick open menu using Ctrl + P.

Solution:

  • Open the Command Palette using the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+P.
  • Type Preferences: Open User Settings, this will open the Settings editor. Search for workbench.editor.enablePreview, and uncheck the checkbox. (changes are autosaved and indicated with a blue left border)

Additional:

  • If you only want to disable preview mode in quick open menu, uncheck the box for workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen.
Updated the content to a proper content flow
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Keshan Nageswaran
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when a single click to a file is made in the sidebar, Visual Studio Code opens it in "Preview Mode"Preview Mode, which allows you to quickly view files.

The tabs in the Preview Mode are not kept open. As soon as you go to open another file from the sidebar, it overrides the existing file if it's in preview mode. The title of tab will be in italic if it's in preview mode Just like the below screenshot.Behavior of Preview Mode

  • The tabs in the Preview Mode are not kept open.
  • As soon as you open another file from the sidebar, it overrides the existing file if it's in preview mode.
  • The title of tab will be in italic if it's in preview mode Just like the below screenshot.

To open a file for editing (i.e. don't open in Preview Mode), double-click on the file in the sidebar.

Important!!

If you want to edit a file don't open in Preview Mode, double-click on the file in the sidebar

If you want to edit a file don't open in Preview Mode, double-click on the file in the sidebar.Steps to Disable Preview Mode

If you want to disable Preview Mode all together (accessing file through sidemenu & opening quick open menu using Ctrl + p).Criteria:

If you want to disable Preview Mode all together, that is:

  • accessing file through side-menu.
  • opening quick open menu using Ctrl + p.

It can be easily done through opening the command palette by clicking Ctrl+Shift+p and type Preferences: Open User Settings this will open the settings file to the right of the editor (a json content) Add a new property to that json file as follows "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false and save it.Solution:

  • It can be easily done through opening the Command Palette by clicking Ctrl+Shift+p

  • Type Preferences: Open User Settings this will open the Settings file to the right of the editor (a json content)

  • Add a new property to that json file as follows: "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false and save it.

If you only want to disable preview mode in quick open menu add as follows "workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": falseAdditional:

  • If you only want to disable preview mode in quick open menu add as follows "workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": false

when a single click to a file is made in the sidebar, Visual Studio Code opens it in "Preview Mode", which allows you to quickly view files.

The tabs in the Preview Mode are not kept open. As soon as you go to open another file from the sidebar, it overrides the existing file if it's in preview mode. The title of tab will be in italic if it's in preview mode Just like the below screenshot.

To open a file for editing (i.e. don't open in Preview Mode), double-click on the file in the sidebar.

If you want to edit a file don't open in Preview Mode, double-click on the file in the sidebar.

If you want to disable Preview Mode all together (accessing file through sidemenu & opening quick open menu using Ctrl + p).

It can be easily done through opening the command palette by clicking Ctrl+Shift+p and type Preferences: Open User Settings this will open the settings file to the right of the editor (a json content) Add a new property to that json file as follows "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false and save it.

If you only want to disable preview mode in quick open menu add as follows "workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": false

when a single click to a file is made in the sidebar, Visual Studio Code opens it in Preview Mode, which allows you to quickly view files.

Behavior of Preview Mode

  • The tabs in the Preview Mode are not kept open.
  • As soon as you open another file from the sidebar, it overrides the existing file if it's in preview mode.
  • The title of tab will be in italic if it's in preview mode Just like the below screenshot.

To open a file for editing (i.e. don't open in Preview Mode), double-click on the file in the sidebar.

Important!!

If you want to edit a file don't open in Preview Mode, double-click on the file in the sidebar

Steps to Disable Preview Mode

Criteria:

If you want to disable Preview Mode all together, that is:

  • accessing file through side-menu.
  • opening quick open menu using Ctrl + p.

Solution:

  • It can be easily done through opening the Command Palette by clicking Ctrl+Shift+p

  • Type Preferences: Open User Settings this will open the Settings file to the right of the editor (a json content)

  • Add a new property to that json file as follows: "workbench.editor.enablePreview": false and save it.

Additional:

  • If you only want to disable preview mode in quick open menu add as follows "workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": false
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