Reuse the Same Editor Window When Opening Files
Versions Supported: 2008,2010 Menu Command: Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Documents Tip Code: vstipEdit0027 Normally, when you open up a new document it creates a new tab but you can just have the file open up in the current tab instead. Let me illustrate: Default (before): Default (after): But if you go to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Documents and check the “Reuse current document window, if saved” option. This is what happens: Before: After: The caveat here is you have to have a “clean” (saved) document for this to work. If the document was “dirty” (not saved) this would be the result even with this option turned on: Before (note the asterisk to indicate the document is dirty): After:
