Implement Google Chrome-like grouped tabs

[dutzi]

Google Chrome Beta recently announced grouped tabs, which is pretty awesome.

Here's the gist:

Having such a thing within VSCode will be very useful IMO.

Having it integrated with the search, where a group is automatically created once you open more than one search result, should help with the tab clutter it ensues. Same for Peek references, automatic grouping of files within the same folders... I see many possibilities for it.

[yoav-lavi]

Seems very useful, I suggest allowing to group it by project / workspace as well, which would be really useful when working in linked projects (library project / host, monorepo projects, etc.)

[kh]

I'd love to see something like that and the ability to collapse a group of tabs.
I often have a bunch of config files or templates that I need to keep open so that I don't have to look for them when I need them, but this eats up a lot of tab space.

[jonas-k]

Since #38889 was merged into this issue, I want to point out an important aspect of #38889 that is not covered here so far:
#38889 was about automatic tab groups that were created using the file and folder structure.

The original feature request of #38889 was only about automatically grouping files in the same folder.

I think automatically grouping files by folder and file name could also be a useful option. For example opening a file with the same name but a different extension as an already opened file in the same folder would be grouped automatically.

[Cl3r1k]

It will be very valuable feature for me, and I hope for others too.

Great suggestion!

[astahmer]

+1 I'm constantly using it on chrome, would definitely of much use on VSCode as well

[kh]

Something like two-Level tab stacks like in vivaldi would be very useful too.

[Zensynthium]

Can't wait to see this implemented, very excited! Thank you to everyone who suggested this and is working on it!

[juanobrach]

OMG yes please! I can purchase something like that.

[rjborba]

Would be very helpful!

[ryankavalsky-ssa]

Yes, I'd like this feature too. It could help manage my opened code files into active projects, so I can keep better track of what I'm working on for any given initiative.

[Alonski]

Adding another 👍 to this please :)

[vinayak-gadkari]

One more 👍

[davefreeman]

I'd love to see this - It would be very handy

[kumarshantanu]

+1 to this feature, for context-switching between sub-projects. For example, I'd like to easily switch between groups of Terraform modules that work together.

[jzamora5]

Would certainly love this, sometimes keeping track of many tabs is hard

[joeflack4]

+1 I'm surprised it took so many years to add this to browsers. This is such a helpful feature. Really need this. Right now I'm using sublime text as my way to have another 'group'. And that's just ghetto.

[mvahanen]

+1

[liang2zhu1]

This is also my dream! I know this is not a trivial feature but I'd like to see this in roadmap at least!

[Irtiza90]

Keeping it alive!

[SGLara]

Still waiting until we have it 😩

[JuanKeiner]

We need this or i'll die 😔

[manylovv]

+1

[PaulGBarbu]

+1

[SakuraMilkTea8]

[przpl]

It would be great if this feature allowed automatic grouping based on the file path. This would be useful for monorepo projects.

[Irtiza90]

It would be great if this feature allowed automatic grouping based on the file path. This would be useful for monorepo projects.

Well it would be great if this feature gets implemented in the first place..

[yangyangdotcom]

Please I want this feature!

[bagasghufronalfaiz]

this feature will be good. I want to contribute in this feature, how do i do it?

[pZacca]

It shouldn't be this hard to implement, definitely should be added as a setting.

[Khanon]

I came to ask for this feature.

I'm working in a framework with several files, and I'm jumping from a secton to another of the project everytime.

It would be really helpfup to be able to group tabs just like in Chrome, so I can choose which group of files I'll be working on each time I jump to a another section of the project.

Find files in the sidebar isn't that easy when you have dozens or even hundreds of files and folders.

[Khanon]

this feature will be good. I want to contribute in this feature, how do i do it?

Just fork the project and try to implement it. If the implementation is good enough they will take it in consideration, depite they accept it or not from a UX vision.

[wangpengfeido]

I made an extension, Tabstronaut, as a workaround for this issue:

@jhhtaylor It is perfect. Thank you!

[HunterMeyer]

I found these two that are pretty good:

• Tab Group by @billgoo (github, marketplace)
• Editor Group Minimizer by @suhay (github, marketplace)

[JeremyTBradshaw]

Here to add to the hype - yes please for grouped tabs (open editors). Would be fantastic, and so would vertical tabs (#108264)

[dannylistSR]

+1

I work on one code base, but often have to jump between tickets and tasks, this would save me SO much time and really help me!

[L-i-o]

I'm using CTRL+1 (up to 9) to switch between file groups (this also open empty groups).
But after a switch I need to "manually" maximize the group (I mapped this command to CTRL+\).
What I miss more is:

1. An auto-maximize option on group switch.
2. Group rename in the "Open Editors" pane
3. Group reorder in the "Open Editors" pane
4. Group collapse/expand in the "Open Editors" pane
5. A Group auto-expand option (in the "Open Editors" pane) on group switch

[IamKayrox]

OMG, 4 years? Please dadysoft, give us tab groups.

[mochiron-desu]

Would love to have this !! Give us this feature !

[MoradFN]

Grouped tabs plz.

[PramodCodes]

i dont understand why this is not implemented yet, the whole point of having an IDE is to make life easier, and this would for sure improve productivity for devs

[wmjjmwwmj]

Would love to have this !! Give us this feature !

[minipunch]

NEED THIS

[IgnacioBecerra]

Any news? There's no extension that works as well as the Chrome tab grouping.