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title: "Settings to Revert Single Click to Open Files in Folder Tree (Project View) to Double Click in PyCharm (and Other JetBrains Editors)"
description: "To revert the behavior of opening files with a single click in the folder tree (Project View) to double-click in PyCharm (and other JetBrains editors), navigate to Preferences → Editor → General → Editor Tabs → Opening policy → Enable preview tabs."
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# Settings to Revert Single Click to Open Files in Folder Tree (Project View) to Double Click in PyCharm (and Other JetBrains Editors)

![Image](https://media.ytyng.com/20231231/4036b954380743eca1e3e810cbae55c6.png)

Disable the option in Preferences → Editor → General → Editor Tabs → Opening policy → Enable preview tabs

![Image](https://media.ytyng.com/20231231/ca5ca15ba6ce464eb84fe8bf113d1a21.png)

It seems to be enabled by default now.

[How to disable single-click "open file" from Project view – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains](https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/9020214641554-How-to-disable-single-click-open-file-from-Project-view)