When opening files with external app, how to open them in the same IDE instance?
I managed to fix my problem. It is simple, You have to add the following setting in your User Settings file:
"window.openFilesInNewWindow": "on"
So for this to work, you have to set its boolean value to false. e.g "window.openFilesInNewWindow": "off"
Go to Preferences - User Settings , and this will automatically open the settings.json file for You.
VSCode - version 1.32.3
Disable Editor Preview mode by:
File -> Preferences -> Settings -> Editor Management ->
Enable Preview (uncheck)
Enable Preview From Quick Open (uncheck)
From Visual Studio Code documentation:
When you single-click or select a file in the Explorer, it is shown in a preview mode and reuses an existing Tab.
If you'd prefer to not use preview mode and always create a new Tab, you can control the behavior with these settings:
workbench.editor.enablePreview to globally enable or disable preview editors workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen to enable or disable preview editors when opened from Quick Open
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface#_preview-mode