[WorldMaker]

> Whenever I have to use VSCode (mainly for the live share feature, I find myself pretty lost with VSCode's tab based interface (I usually end up with like 20 tabs cluttering my workspace, and tabs are local to a split, which is jarring for me).

Yes, VSCode definitely has its own model similar to Vim's buffer/tab/window but that is somewhat unique to VSCode. There are some deep keyboard shortcuts that are similar, but quite different to Vim's, and I recall the VSCode Vim plugin tries its best to split the difference, somewhat.

Something I find very helpful with VSCode tab management in complex scenarios is the "Open Editors" pane. By default it is at the top of the Explorer panel. I think it defaults to minimized in fresh installs, though, but deep in the past it was the "only" tab management interface and a little bit more central to early VS Code workflows so some of us learned to rely on it early and others coming into VS Code fresh don't notice it at all. It's still one of the easiest places to do more complex tab and split management when the vertical tab bars are too cramped to be as useful as a horizontal list of opened tabs/splits.

[pcvonz]

Awesome! This will make my liveshare sessions so much more bearable. I also found a plugin[1] that enforces single editors per tabs.

[1]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=martybeg...