Tab Layout

Manage layouts in a workspace

Features

• Manage layouts in tree view

  • Sort layouts by name or modified time
  • Switch between saved layouts
  • Add / Delete / Rename layouts

• Show current layout name in status bar

  

What information do a layout contain

• Tab groups and their tabs
• Orientation and size of each tab groups

How layouts stored

Layouts are stored at ${workspaceRoot}/.vscode/layouts/${layoutName}.json

• if any layout is selected, auto save to that active layout
• If no layout is selected, won't auto save

Limitations

• Only available for single root workspaces, which is the most common use case.

When clause context

Key	Type	Description
tab-layout.sort_by	string	Sort method for layouts in tree view. Values: 'name', 'recent'
tab-layout.available	boolean	Indicates whether the TabLayout extension is available for the current workspace (true when workspace has exactly one folder)
tab-layout.enabled	boolean	Indicates whether a layout is currently active (true when there's an layout selected)