FB19249805
Main:
The option to open files in New Window Tab doesn't appear anywhere in either Preferences or the contextual menu on clicking the files in the project (unlike previous Xcode versions). Only the option to open in New Tab is available (which is useless).
This BREAKS EXISTING WORKFLOWS that have been established through years for countless developers.
I can only see the option to open in New Tab, which breaks all existing workflows and habits.
This results in an astonishing blow to productivity.
Dear Xcode team: Please restore this option immediately!
Additional details:
Several years ago (I've been using Xcode since version 2), Xcode renamed the normal tabs into "Window Tabs" and introduced new "Tabs".
The new "Tabs" proved to be a useless and counterproductive option for the following reasons:
-They cannot be used in Behaviors. (Only Window Tabs can be, and many workflows have been built around this.)
-It takes much longer to load a file into a Tab than into a Window Tab (where files are loaded nearly instantly).
-Navigators and Inspectors cannot be customized for individual Tabs (only for Window Tabs).
-Using both Tabs and Window Tabs is not an option, as it adds another tab bar that eats an enormous part of screen real estate without providing any benefits.
Fortunately, we didn't have to use Tabs and could just disable them into oblivion where they belong.
Now, in Xcode 26, the option to open files in new Window Tabs is gone. Really, I can only classify it as intentional sabotage.
Many years of my Xcode habits and workflows are based on opening files in New Window Tabs via the Preferences > Navigation > With Option option. Or via the contextual menu. Now this option is gone.
I'm sure there are plenty of other developers in the same situation.
Please reenable the option to open in New Window Tabs.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!