How to open multiples files in one Code instance from command line?

Question

If I open a file in Visual Studio Code from the command line or from within File Explorer, each file will open in a separate Code instance. Is there a way to make them all open in the same instance? I.e. add them all to the 'Working Files' list?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32741125/how-to-open-multiples-files-in-one-code-instance-from-command-line

Answer 1

Upcoming version will have a new option files.openInNewWindow which you can set to off to always open files into the last active instance. This is then identical to starting VS Code with the -r option but is much nicer to use (e.g. when you open a file from the desktop).

Update for our VS Code 1.0 release:

The setting is available as window.openFilesInNewWindow