Visual Studio Code leave split editor open when empty

Question

Does Visual Studio Code have an option for leaving the split editor screens open when they have no active tabs?

The current behavior is that if I close out of the l

Answer 1

You can achieve this using the workbench.editor.closeEmptyGroups config setting.

Answer 2

It is not supported at the moment but you are not alone in your desire for such a feature.

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/2755