More than one folder / project in one Sublime Text 3 window

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I can have only one project / path opened in in the same time, in one Sublime Text 3 window.

Each time I quickly switch project (Ctrl+Alt+P), new project replaces current one. Each time I open new folder (File > Open Folder...) or project (Project > Open Project...), it is opened in a new Sublime Text window.

Can I have more than one project opened in one Sublime Text 3 window? If yes -- how to achieve this?

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What do you mean in one window? You may have more than one 'root' project directory in your project. Drag any directory to the sidebar, it will show up in the root of the tree. If that's what you want - Sergey Telshevsky

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If by having multiple projects in one window you mean having multiple directories that are located in different places of your system at once in the sidebar tree, then yes, you can achieve this.

  1. Open one of the projects in Sublime Text just like you always do.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Drag the root directory of the second project from the file explorer to the sidebar of the first project ST window.

    • In your terminal cd to the second project and enter subl . -a.

-a flag means to add to the last focused window instead of opening in a new window).

EDIT

Even easier solution.

Open the first project. Go to (in the menu above)

Project -> Add folder to project

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Open sublime Text 3, Inside menu bar

  • Go to "Project"
  • "Add folder to project..."

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You can accomplish this by saving your setups as a projects, then under project click switch project and all the tabs you saved in your workspace will appear

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If you're on a Mac just simply drag-&-drop your project folder/alias into Sublime Text Application on your dock.

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Then you should see those projected loaded in your Sublime Text ready to go

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Happy Coding !

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On MacOS, you can use "Project->Add Folder to Project".

Or more generally, by setting "open_files_in_new_window": false (which is default true), the folder you dragged to sublime text will show in the same window.

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Another thing you can do is create TABS for each project

Window>>New tab

Doing this you will get project tabs above project file tabs...