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Visual Studio Code how to open the same file in multiple tabs?

Sometimes i want to open the same file multiple tabs, each tab focusing on a different line/method, in Eclipse this is easy, but i haven’t found a way to do it in VSCode? screenshot from Eclipse doing it:
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Split view isn’t enough, right now I’m on a 14" laptop with no extra display available, the laptop screen is too small to comfortably use split view.

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    Since Microsoft has no plans to implement the feature request, an alternative solution is to create a symlink of the file: ln -s code.c code.2ln.c and have *.2ln.c in .git/info/exclude then VSCode threats them as 2 different files, even though editing 1 of them is instantly reflected in the second (-:


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    I don’t know if there is another solution, but this should work: Right click on the tab and then select Split [Up|Down|Left|Right]:

    Split edit window in VS Code

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    You can do this by Split Editor feature in VS Code.

    Check the following image for details.

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    There is a clunky workaround in the feature request:

    1. In Explorer, right-click the target file, click "Select for Compare"
    2. right-click the same file, click "Compare with Selected"
    3. Toggle inline view for diff

    Some links with visual guide to achieve this:

    https://www.mytecbits.com/microsoft/dot-net/compare-contents-of-two-files-in-vs-code
    https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/tips-and-tricks#_diffs

    P.S. This workaround however can only open 2 tabs of the same file concurrently within the same tab group

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