Switch to tab when a note is already opened, instead of opening the note in a new tab

[ngrilly]

Use case or problem

When I use Command-O to quickly switch to another note, I don’t always remember if that note is already open in an existing tab, or not. If it is already open, then I end up with the same note opened in two different tabs, which is not what I want most of the time.

Proposed solution

Change the default behaviour and do what Visual Studio Code does by default when using Command-P (Go To File): if the note is already opened in an existing tab, then focus that tab, otherwise open the note in a new tab. It is possible to “force” open the note a new tab by pressing Command while clicking on the note name.

[WhiteNoise]

Duplicate

[Psychonaut96]

If its a duplicate, would you bother to link to the original?
I would very much like to second the request of user ngrilly - or the original one …

[WhiteNoise]

IDE style navigation (tab reuse on link opening, tab management, switch to already open note)

MOD-EDIT: This is a reorganized FR Currently, Obsidian uses a Browser-style navigation system. You click on link, it opens it in that tab. An alternative approach is to follow IDEs (Integrated develop environment/Code Editors). IDEs generally don’t navigate within a tab. You click on a link and it either: Moves the focus to a tab where the target was already opened or A new tab with the target is opened. IDEs navigate in the current tab only if the target of the link is in current tab …