How can multiple files be opened in Visual Studio Code (VSC)?

In VS Code, if you click once on a file, it opens it in a temporary tab. This is helpful if you are looking into a bunch of files searching for something, without opening every single one of them.

If you want to open a file in a new tab that persists until closed manually, double click on the file.

You can also persist a tab that was previously created as a temporary tab by double clicking on the tab. Note that temporary tabs have a cursive title, while normal tabs do not.

Others have mentioned double-clicking the file in order to open it, however, I will suggest an alternative approach:

Within your settings, under workbench, set:

"workbench.editor.enablePreview": false"workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": false,

This will allow you to open the files with a single click, as opposed to double-clicking. It may seem minute, but it was incredibly annoying to have to double-click every single file.

VS Code, by default, keep this option enabled to open a file in a temporary file, this feature comes in handy when you want to just take a look at some code.

If you want to open a file in a new tab, just double click on the tab or double click on the folder you want to open from explorer or once the file is opened press the short-cut key ctrl + k + enter.

You can even disable this option in File > Preferences > Settings, under the user settings.

Paste this code in your user's setting.

"workbench.editor.showTabs": false