Visual studio how to open file and not diff window in team explorer changes git

Question

Before commit my file on git, I want edit my file, but when I click on the file in the changes window in team explorer, it open the diff of previous file and current file, but how to open juste the current file, for edit it. Because in large solution find file is not easy. Thanks.

Tiphanie

Answer 1

It really was not easy to find in VS 2017:

• Go to the Team explorer window
• Changes tab
• Click on '...' button near Changes accordion
• select Open file as default action

Laurynlausanne

Still working in VS 2022 17.8. After applying this change, it is still possible to still open the diff with SHIFT + DoubleClick. – Photoflood

Answer 2

I've found way to: press SHIFT + double-click. This provided me with alternative behaviour of opening files in VS 2019 Community Edition

Lamellibranch

Oh wow thanks. One little anoying thing is that you first have to close the diff window and then SHIFT + double-click will work. I can't understand when there is no button or something like in WebStorm... – Gynoecium

Answer 3

In VS2019 Enterprise I had 2 to do what s_tranquil said:

1. Click on '...' to open file as a default option
2. Plus what Van-ng said, but the opposite, Shift + double-click to open the diff window.

Jovitta

Answer 4

I found that if you already have a regular (non Diff) version open, it sometimes won't let you open the file in "regular mode". Check which tabs you already have open[enter image description here]

VS tabs

Madera