How to disable file auto-focus in VSCode Explorer panel when file is opened by navigating tabs?

To answer the first part, if you add this to your workspace or user settings, vscode will no longer automatically show the currently active file in the file explorer. “explorer.autoReveal”: false To answer the second part, if you like to have the current file focused but you don’t like having the explorer section expanded all … Read more

Visual Studio Code – Can “OPEN EDITORS” panel be sorted?

Update 2020-12-16 With release v1.52.0 being shipped you can sort open editors. From the release notes: There is a new setting explorer.openEditors.sortOrder to control the sort order in the OPEN EDITORS list. The values are: editorOrder – Editors are listed in the same order as editor tabs are shown (default). alphabetical – Editors are listed … Read more