<p dir="auto">If you open a project in Atom only to look around at different files it keeps each buffer opened (with a tab). If you click on some 10+ files the editor quickly gets cluttered down and you have to eventually close the pane.</p>
<p dir="auto">I propose an option to not keep buffers open unless you change something in the file, then it can stay open.</p>
<p dir="auto">One of the features I miss in Atom is the 'smart tabs' concept. In sublime when you click on an item in the file tree, unless you start modifying it, or double click on the file, it previews the file without opening the tab completely. Therefore if you click on another file without officially opening it it doesn't stay open.</p>
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<p dir="auto">You'll see I browse through a few files, make a change and the tab opens and shows changes have been made in the tab color. Later in the gif I double click on the file and it opens it officially in a tab.</p>
<p dir="auto">Would love to see how we can add this into Atom</p>