Keyboard shortcut to take file out of preview mode in VSCode

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If I quick open a file using the quick open menu, is there a keyboard shortcut that will take the opened file outside of preview mode so that when I open a new file it won't replace the currently open one?

(I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut as opposed to double-clicking the filename or tab in order to keep my workflow keyboard oriented)

Visual Studio-Code Solutions


Solution 1 - Visual Studio-Code

Try the View: Keep Editor command (default shortcut Ctrl+K, Enter):

Note: this shortcut is a chord, meaning that Enter must be pressed after releasing Ctrl+K.

Solution 2 - Visual Studio-Code

As of v1.19 (released in December 2017) Alt+Enter opens the file (after Ctrl+P) NOT in preview mode but in a "permanent", touched status.

Related question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38713405/how-to-config-vscode-to-open-files-always-in-a-new-tab

Solution 3 - Visual Studio-Code

If you would rather open the file directly from Quick Open (skipping the preview mode altogether), you can change this in the settings or add this to settings.json:

"workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": false

If you want to disable previews for other means of opening files (like the project explorer), this will do the trick:

"workbench.editor.enablePreview": false

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