# Working with the Eclipse IDE

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-the-eclipse-ide/302824>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [January 8, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-the-eclipse-ide/302824 "2010-01-08T02:20:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/working-with-the-eclipse-ide/302824/1 "2010-01-08T02:20:36Z")

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I’ve been working with the Eclipse IDE for a short time and I’m really enjoying it… however, there are a few quirks I want to try to solve…

One of them being, when I click on a file from outside an open workspace / window / ftp app / etc, it attempts to open the file in a new instance of the application, rather than simply open the file in the existing instance in a new tab… Is there a way to change this to the more desirable (new tab) option?