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How do you show tabs in Zen mode of Visual Studio Code?

In Visual Studio Code how to you keep tabs the tabs from hiding when you enter Zen mode?
Ctrl+K Z

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GollyJer Avatar asked Mar 09 '18 14:03

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Answering this one myself as I've had to do it a few times and Google took too long. 😃

  • Open Visual Studio Code settings: Ctrl+,
  • Tabs should be enabled by default in non-Zen mode.
    "workbench.editor.showTabs": true,
  • Then to show tabs in Zen mode.
    "zenMode.hideTabs": false,
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GollyJer Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 21:10

GollyJer