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File opens in two tabs - identical and also connected

Community Beginner ,
Jan 18, 2023 Jan 18, 2023

Hi!
I have an issue of which I don't know if it is a feature or a bug:
the file I've creted and worked with over the last month now suddenly opens in TWO tabs: even named "..file.ai:1" and "..file.ai:2" (with a colon after the file type) . They are connected so if I change something in one file, the other one does the same change immediately. Even saving as a new file won't change this behaviour. Still two tabs out of one file.
Does anyone know what this is? Did I accidentally hit a shortcut for any "special-duplicate-view"?

I appreciate your answers!
Thanks!

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Community Expert , Jan 18, 2023 Jan 18, 2023

Ooops, so sorry for the confusion. The additional windows must be created in the Window menu: Window > New Window.

YOu can then click back and forth between them, arrange them using the window layout menu to the very top right corner directly left to the workspaces. That way you can even view them side by side. Again: sorry for the confusion.

 

As you already suspected the feature has already been introduced a couple versions back.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 18, 2023 Jan 18, 2023

You can create a new View of every file, so you can e.g. work on it in different modes. One window in Outline view, the other one in Preview. The feature is in the View menu

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 18, 2023 Jan 18, 2023

Hi Monika,
thank you for your fast reply!

That was my first guess as well - very interesting mode! I asume it exists for years but I've never noticed, right?
Still: I just went up and down my view-menu on top but can't find the feature listed there. I must be blind but could you do me the favour and tell me the name of this feature so I can locate it?
Thanks in advance!

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Community Expert ,
Jan 18, 2023 Jan 18, 2023

Ooops, so sorry for the confusion. The additional windows must be created in the Window menu: Window > New Window.

YOu can then click back and forth between them, arrange them using the window layout menu to the very top right corner directly left to the workspaces. That way you can even view them side by side. Again: sorry for the confusion.

 

As you already suspected the feature has already been introduced a couple versions back.

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 18, 2023 Jan 18, 2023

Ohhh wow!! Yeah I've found it now! Thanks again...
It really seems that I've must have accidentally clicked on it (as there is no shortcut for it predefined). Love it when something like that happend *lol*... Every day is a school day! 😉

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New Here ,
Jan 16, 2025 Jan 16, 2025

Hello, do you have any advice how to fix it to one window if it happens everytime I open the file?

Thanks a lot!

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Community Expert ,
Jan 16, 2025 Jan 16, 2025

Change a little thing in the file like add and delete a rectangle.

Just close one of the windows and save the file.

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New Here ,
May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025

I'm having this same issue but not understadning how to resolve it and turn off whatever feature is opening two windows. Can please you explain?

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New Here ,
May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025

Thanks for your quick reply! I must have accidentally turned it on. Can you tell me what I'm looking to turn off in the view mode?  Very cool feature – I had no idea!

 

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Community Expert ,
May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025

Just close one of the windows, change a little something and save the file.

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New Here ,
May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025

thanks! any idea how I managed to turn this feature on

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Community Expert ,
May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025
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You probably at one time hit Window > New Window and did not notice it because the new window covers the other one.

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