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Allow tabs to wrap to multi-line

Freshabout 5 years ago
Mar 14, 20260 views
Confidence Score80%
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Problem

I almost always have more tabs open than fit in the horizontal space provided. I have seen the thread on shrinking tabs to try to fit them in one line #15048, and I've also seen this closed feature request for what I'm asking for - #32836. That issue was closed saying there would be no changes for 6-12 months, and it has been around 15 months now so wanted to reopen discussion. JetBrains IDEs added this a few years ago - simple config option to wrap open tabs to multiple lines rather than extending indefinitely horizontally, forcing a horizontal scroll or use of the Open Editors section in the left bar. While the Open Editors block is a nice idea, I've spent so many years switching via tabs (and continue to do so in all my other editors) that I'm requesting a better solution.

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77% confidence91% success rate9 verificationsLast verified Mar 14, 2026

Solution: Allow tabs to wrap to multi-line

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For sure that is a really basic and essential functionality to have. Following up on that for a while now.

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9 verifications

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    For sure that is a really basic and essential functionality to have. Following u

    For sure that is a really basic and essential functionality to have. Following up on that for a while now.

Validation

Resolved in microsoft/vscode GitHub issue #70413. Community reactions: 68 upvotes.

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Last verified Mar 14, 2026

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Alex Chen

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