Hi, I'm using this extension for a while now and there is one big drawback that I want to discuss here, see if it could be solve.

Using this extension force user to have a particular layout. Having set automatic in the settings. I'm force to use a layout of 3 column. I lock column 2 and 3 for scss and html, because only TS will trigger the file opening and I don't want to see TS file opening in other group than the first because it mess the layout even more.

• In fact, I use 2 row:
  • 3 column first row (config: ts,css,html)
  • 2 column second row.
    Only the first group is not lock, the rest are all lock.

Issue

I can't split file or open the file twice... I think automatic behaviour try to move file to their designated group. The problem here is that when you are trying to get a side by side view of 2 components, the extension doesn't allow you to do that. It move the file to the first group and if it is already present, the second window is close immediately by vscode.

Request

If the file already exist in the TS group, it does not trigger the automatic behaviour when you open the file. Maybe it should be if the file is open in a lock group it doesn't trigger?

To be honest, the biggest drawback is that I cannot see 2 files side by side because the automatic behaviour trigger when I try to. Could you fix that ?

Considering this extension was not update for 4+ years, are you open to merge PR if I make one. I would prefer if you could do the improvement, but I don't expect much reaching out here.