You can also use the '' option to disable it only from the quick open menu.īefore you can disable Preview Mode, you'll need to open your Settings File. If you want to disable Preview Mode all together, you can do so by setting '': false in your settings file. don't open in Preview Mode), double-click on the file in the sidebar, or single-click it in the sidebar then double click the title of its Preview Mode tab.
If the title is italic, the tab is in preview mode. You can determine if a tab is in Preview Mode, by looking at its title in the tab bar. As soon as you go to open another file from the sidebar, the existing Preview Mode tab (if one exists) is used. When you click a file in the left sidebar's file browser or open it from the quick open menu ( Ctrl- P, type the file name, Enter), Visual Studio Code opens it in what's called 'Preview Mode', which allows you to quickly view files.
