Open workspace tabs when switching workspaces

16 votes

As many others, I work for multiple clients with multiple repos each. Switching workspaces should open the previously opened repo tabs within that workspace, and close the other workspace ones. This would make it much easier to switch between client work.

Under consideration Suggested by: Emre Koc (28 Dec, '21) • Upvoted: 25 Jan • Comments: 3

Comments: 3

21 Apr, '22
Andrew Petro
I agree that there's something to improve about opening the repos in workspaces into tabs. In my own workflow, by far the most common thing I want to do is open a workspace and open all the repos in that workspace into tabs so that I can work on them. I'd like it to be easier to"open the repos in this workspace into tabs".

Occasionally, I do want to *add* the workspace to the not-in-workspace tabs I already have open. So closing my existing tabs for me when I open a workspace without giving me the chance to say no, don't mess with my existing tabs, would impair that workflow.
12 Oct, '22
Brian Schmitt
Tab management is a big issue for me. I frequently find myself with 10+ tabs open and would really appreciate a quick way to close the open tabs leaving just the tabs for current workspace. Currently I close all tabs then fumble around in the workspace UI until I find the well hidden "open all repos in new tabs"
07 May, '23
oviano
I started trying out workspaces for the first time today, and this seemed like a bit of a miss.

Surely the whole point of a workspace is to be able to manage groups of repos as one entity, and easily switch between them.

At the moment it seems little more than a shortcut to open certain repos that you have grouped together.

I want to be able to switch workspaces and have it instantly replace all my tabs with the repos from the new workspace, and close or hide the others.