Vscode: In macOS fullscreen, 'New Window' instead opens new tab

Created on 12 Oct 2016 · 9Comments · Source: microsoft/vscode

VSCode Version: 1.6.0
OS Version: macOS Sierra 10.12

Steps to Reproduce:

Take a VS Code window full-screen
From the File menu, select New Window

This is possibly related to the new behavior in Sierra that gives applications using NSDocument Safari-style tabs for free.

bug electron-2-update upstream verified

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kamcma

Most helpful comment

actually being able to open new window as new tab is a nice feature. i would like to be able to open a project in a new tab not only in the full-screen mode.

it would look like the Maps application in macOS. If you go to menu File -> you have options New Window and New Tab

andrekosak on 4 Nov 2016

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All 9 comments

You should report this against Electron where we depend on for a fix it seems.

bpasero on 13 Oct 2016

actually being able to open new window as new tab is a nice feature. i would like to be able to open a project in a new tab not only in the full-screen mode.

it would look like the Maps application in macOS. If you go to menu File -> you have options New Window and New Tab

andrekosak on 4 Nov 2016

👍8

"New Window" now literally opens new window in fullscreen mode using latest version. Is there a way to revert this and make "New Window" open new tab again? Haven't found any option in settings that does it.

vvasyliev on 22 Nov 2016

No, not until Electron supports native tabs properly.

bpasero on 22 Nov 2016

😕9

It's a shame this changed, I preferred the tabbed window behaviour we had prior to the last release, made it much easier to manage the 4 or 5 instances I often have running.

ben-moore on 17 Jan 2017

👍7

miss it too...

extrame on 19 Jan 2017

To be clear: I was never against there _being_ a 'New Tab' option at all, just pointing out that it was explicitly incorrect platform behavior to open a new tab when a Mac user invokes a 'New Window' menu item or keyboard shortcut. Look at your Safari menu; 'New Window' and 'New Tab' happily coexist. Just have them each do what they say they do.

kamcma on 19 Jan 2017

This kind of OCD "bug/feature" fixes are not out of necessity, but of (definition) correctness. I bet there are enough mac users who enjoyed this option and it would have been possible to keep it alive along a new new window menu option.

I use VSCode on both mac an Linux and I had come to terms with having tabs in mac and the lack of it in Linux. Now I guess I could be glad to have the same behavior on both operating systems(?).