Annoying split view on "Open Keyboard Shortcuts File"

[timfayz]

I just want to revive the issue opened 1.5 year ago #28633. I think the author make his best to explain and show what is really annoying and what really might be improved as it was already done in "Preference: Open Settings (JSON)". To refresh the idea, it can be state as this:

• Instead of opening two new tabs in split view - those clattering working space - let's just open one tab and provide special split view within that tab (as when you open settings.json through "Preference: Open Settings (JSON)")

Or let's make the following:

To look like this:

Hope that make a sense. Thank you! :)

[sandy081]

Closing this because, we are moving away from that split JSON also in settings editor in favour of the UI.

@roblourens Can you please link to the corresponding issue?

[roblourens]

#64932

[timfayz]

Thank you)

[thernstig]

@timfayz I am not sure you will be so thankful when you understand they are actually removing the feature you like in the settings JSON view. So the one thing you like about it is being removed. Everyone who understand this have down-voted it, but we are not heard. Please read #64932

[timfayz]

@thernstig, thank you for pointing the issue. It even helped me to solve (or at least to make a workaround) for this particular issue. The @roblourens says back there:

Also, we currently already have a setting workbench.settings.openDefaultSettings which allows exactly the behavior described above. That setting will now be false by default ...

Which (as for me) is exactly what I expected when I first start using vscode. So how can I downvote that decision? Even the name itself Preferences: Open Settings (JSON) hints me a json file should be opened with no more magic. More than that, the "workbench.settings.openDefaultKeybindings": false also helps me along this way to "unify" my experience.

I didn't find any mention of actual removing split JSON view. It just moved or not set by default, or something else.. If I understood correctly the workbench.settings.useSplitJSON should give you old behaviour back.