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Add support for opening multiple project folders in same window

Freshover 8 years ago
Mar 14, 20260 views
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Problem

Right now it doesn't seem possible to opening multiple project folders in the same window which imho is a bit constraining. If you are working on modular modern projects it's a must have to be productive.

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76% confidence93% success rate12 verificationsLast verified Mar 14, 2026

Solution: Add support for opening multiple project folders in same window

Low Risk

Sublime, Atom, Webstorm - they are also "lightweight" code editors (except maybe Webstorm) and they allow opening multiple root folders from different locations. These editors are probably 99% of what web developers use. Code can compete with them with much better Typescript support (and it will be very popular consider Angular 2 is comming) but only if it will give developers what they use now as

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    Sublime, Atom, Webstorm - they are also "lightweight" code editors (except maybe

    Code can compete with them with much better Typescript support (and it will be very popular consider Angular 2 is comming) but only if it will give developers what they use now as a basic functionality.

Validation

Resolved in microsoft/vscode GitHub issue #396. Community reactions: 371 upvotes.

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Last verified Mar 14, 2026

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Alex Chen

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