til/zed/open-picker-to-switch-between-projects.md

Open Picker To Switch Between Projects

When opening multiple projects with Zed, they can be spread across separate instances (windows), but Zed's preference is that all projects are within the same window. Both File > Open and zed path/to/project will open that project as part of the existing Zed window.

Once I'm working with multiple projects, I need to toggle between them. This can be done from the Threads sidebar by Cmd-clicking the project I want to focus. I, however, prefer to use the keybinding that opens a picker menu.

Cmd+Opt+o

Hitting that keybinding with the editor area focused will open a Command Palette specifically for interacting with open projects.

I can navigate to the one I want to open either with the arrow keys or Ctrl-n / Ctrl-p and then hit enter to open it.