Vscode: Config to limit/disable the new Untitled tab auto-naming

[Kowbell]

It would be nice if we could disable or set a shorter limit for the the new untitled editor titles improvement in 1.42. I've seen a few requests for a way to disable this behavior[1][2]. I'd also request a config option to set a limit shorter than the default 40 characters we have right now - I appreciate being able to distinguish between untitled tabs, but as they are now they can take up a _lot_ of space.

1 - https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/90339#issuecomment-584129058
2 - https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/89751#issuecomment-583726368

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[akbyrd]

I'd also like to disable this. It's a pointless distraction for me personally.

I use untitled files as a scratch space and I'm frequently pasting log snippets and such into them. I have no need for that to be the name of the editor.

[yankyhoffman]

Not only is having the first line of a file in the file tab not visually appealing. It also expands the tab and makes it harder to navigate all other opens tabs

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[IvanShvetsAMD]

Disabling would allow at least for:
1) Keep the contents hidden from view
2) Allow more tabs to be opened within the same size of the VS Code window
3) Keep the layout simpler

[bpasero]

I added a new setting: workbench.editor.untitled.labelFormat with these possible values:

• content (default): The name of the untitled file is derived from the contents of its first line with a fallback to the name in case the line is empty or contains no word characters.
• name: The name of the untitled file is not derived from the contents of the file.

I am open for suggestions about the name of this setting and the possible options.

[jpark-mdsol]

This was a bit of a jarring UI change, which prompted me to search for reported issues. Happy to see your PR is up, thank you @bpasero .

The previous behavior of naming unsaved files Untitled-1,2,3, etc resulted in a consistent tab width size. I have the misfortune of a legacy codebase, and in tracing through code I have a lot of open tabs. Navigating visually became harder when fewer tabs are able to be displayed, because I now have to remember order of tabs which are scrolled horizontally offscreen. (I use ctrl+tab in left-to-right order, and have two split panes each taking half the screen)

Could option 2 (name) be reinstated as the default? Then the new behavior is effectively feature flagged.