When you click a file in VS Code, it will open in a new tab.
If you click another file, it will open in the same tab.
That’s because VS Code treats the editor as a preview.
Preview editors do not stay open and reused until you edit it or double-click the file name.
You can figure out if an editor is shown as a preview when the file name is in italic.
If you don’t like to double-click or edit an editor just to keep it open, there’s a way to disable this behaviour.
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Disable Editor Preview
Press down CTRL + , (comma) to open the Settings and disable the Workbench > Editor: Enable Preview setting.
Now, whenever you left-click a file, it will open in a new editor and it will stay open when you click other files.
Configure it via settings.json file
You can also disable this setting within the settings.json file.
"workbench.editor.enablePreview": false,Let me know what you think about this article in the comments section below.
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