Add Turn Off Display Of Tabs For Files as a VS Code TIL

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+- [Turn Off Display Of Tabs For Files](vscode/turn-off-display-of-tabs-for-files.md)
 
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vscode/turn-off-display-of-tabs-for-files.md

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+# Turn Off Display Of Tabs For Files
+
+Each time a file is opened in VS Code, it appears as one of many toward the top
+of the window right above the text editor area. It shows the name of the file
+and the 'dirty' status. Over time as more and more files are opened and edited,
+the tabs accumulate and can only be viewed by horizontally scrolling left and
+right.
+
+There are other ways to navigate to files besides selecting tabs of already
+opened files. So, if you'd like to reclaim some screen real estate and reduce
+the visual clutter of the tabs, you can turn them off.
+
+Hit `Cmd+Shift+P`, then search for and go to _Preferences: Open Settings (UI)_.
+Search for _Show Tabs_ which will show up under _Workbench > Editor_.
+
+The default is _Multiple_. You can switch it to _None_ to completely hide tabs.
+You can also set it to _Single_ which will display file name and path for the
+current file, but eliminate the clutter of all other tabs.