Quick open new file on the current tab

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I like to code using two panes and navigating my code with quick open as much as possible.

example

The problem is that every time I use Quick Open (Ctrl + P on Windows) it opens the file on another tab. I don't like tabs but there's no way to disable them as far as I know. You can only hide the tabs but that's not really useful since other tabs will be open in the background anyway.

Is there a way to make quick open use the current tab? Or disable tabs altogether and not just hide them?

Thanks

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Clearly not a user-centric approach. Why not try using vim? – Den Isahac
Actually, after messing around for a while this does seem to be the default behavior except for the first time you split the panes. Don't know if this is intended behavior or a bug but it does work once you close the recently created tab after the split. – André M.

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To disable tabs, just add:

"workbench.editor.showTabs": false

to your user settings.

Also note that VSCode normally opens files in preview mode. This is indicated by an italicized file name in the workbench. Files in preview mode are not kept open when you quick open another file. You can disable previews by setting:

"workbench.editor.enablePreview": false