How to turn off half-open (italic) files in vscode

Question

I want my editor to work like this:

• Single click on a file in the project tree should SELECT the file in the tree.
• Double click should OPEN the file PERMANENTLY.

Answer 1

When you are using vscode v1.20.0 or later add this to your user settings:

"workbench.list.openMode": "doubleClick"