How to prevent VS Code to close opened files when opening another one

Question

I don't use folders in VS Code. If I have an open (already saved) file, like:

Then I close VS Code, and either double click on a different file, or right-click onto a file and pick Open with Code, the previously opened file closes:

How can I prevent this behaviour?

frank_108 · Accepted Answer · 2024-02-23 20:41:47Z

Not so intuitive, but open Settings-> "Workbench > Editor: Enable Preview" and disable this option.

Further visible explanation:
"Controls whether opened editors show as preview editors. Preview editors do not stay open, are reused until explicitly set to be kept open (via double-click or editing), and show file names in italics."

"workbench.editor.enablePreview": false for the JSON inclined

ax. · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-03 20:37:45Z

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Try setting window.restoreWindows to preserve (since 1.52 November 2020).

answered Jun 3, 2021 at 20:37

ax.

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4 Comments

Phate01 Over a year ago

So easy but I hadn't found anything on the internet

Mandroid Over a year ago

where do we do it?

ax. Over a year ago

@Mandroid You could try Google "visual studio code settings", eg. code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings

Mandroid Over a year ago

I actually did that, but nothing worked for me.

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