Your latest bookmark from Email This VSCode prevent file Explorer from jumping 🔥 Save unlimited web pages along with a full PDF snapshot of each page. Unlock Premium → Is there a way to prevent VSCode from jumping all over the place when closing a tab? It jumps to the location of the selected tab, but this is very disorienting when opening various files to inspect within a lib. asked Oct 31 '16 at 5:04 Jacob ThomasonJacob Thomason 2,12722 gold badges1313 silver badges1818 bronze badges 0 This behaviour is controlled by the following setting: "explorer.autoReveal": false There is currently no setting for keeping the selected file in the explorer, but this one at least keeps the scroll position fixed and prevents the "jumping". Update In current versions, the same setting now keeps the selected file. answered Oct 31 '16 at 8:56 kwoodkwood 6,83511 gold badge2222 silver badges3030 bronze badges 2 After you apply "explorer.autoReveal": false, as mentioned above, you can also set up a shortcut to force show the current file in Explorer: { "key": "cmd+e", "command": "workbench.files.action.showActiveFileInExplorer" } answered Feb 27 '17 at 18:46 Vojtech VitekVojtech Vitek 18.8k33 gold badges2727 silver badges3131 bronze badges 3 As commented in issue 23902 (Option to keep file selected in sidebar without forcing a scroll) If set autoReveal to true, the jumping inside file explorer is confusing; If set autoReveal to false, I have to use showActiveFileInExplorer keybinding or right click menu every time when switch between tabs But with VSCode 1.46 (May 2020) you now have: Explorer auto reveal focus without forcing a scroll There is a new option focusNoScroll for the explorer.autoReveal setting. When using this option, the Explorer will automatically select files when opening them but will not scroll to reveal them in the Explorer view. answered Jun 5 '20 at 5:25 VonCVonC 1.0m434434 gold badges36223622 silver badges42464246 bronze badges Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged visual-studio-code or ask your own question. Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40336835/vscode-prevent-file-explorer-from-jumping This web page was saved on Thursday, May 06 2021. Upgrade to Premium Plan ✔ Save unlimited bookmarks. ✔ Get a complete PDF copy of each web page ✔ Save PDFs, DOCX files, images and Excel sheets as email attachments. ✔ Get priority support and access to latest features. Upgrade now → © Email This