Keyboard shortcut to take file out of preview mode in VSCode
Visual Studio-CodeKeyboard ShortcutsVisual Studio-Code Problem Overview
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