# Clicking on A File, Open the File **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [October 15, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/clicking-on-a-file-open-the-file/22856 "2024-10-15T01:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![desetefa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@desetefa](https://forum.cursor.com/u/desetefa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/clicking-on-a-file-open-the-file/22856/1 "2024-10-15T01:09:57Z")
In composer view, I want to be able to click on the file being worked on, maybe a right click menu that opens the file in VS code. This would save a lot of time. ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/clicking-on-a-file-open-the-file/22856/2 "2024-10-15T08:12:15Z")
Hi @desetefa What happens if you click on the tab with the file in Composer? Also, check my screenshot, everything is shown there, and you can click on the file directly in the chat. Or did you mean something else? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/2X/c/c9d81f71708aa42c8ff1a9b25c2507e4d31c1150.png) ---
**Author:** ![desetefa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@desetefa](https://forum.cursor.com/u/desetefa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/clicking-on-a-file-open-the-file/22856/3 "2024-10-15T15:32:08Z")
I want it to open outside of the composer. Not within composer. I rarely want to use the tabs in the composer window as switching between composer tabs gets very slow very quickly. Rather than clicking on the file in the composer window bringing me to a tab in composer showing me the file, I want clicking it to open up in the actual VS code window. I only ever click on it in the composer window so I can click apply, as Apply All sometimes has unwanted behavior, applying things from way back. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/clicking-on-a-file-open-the-file/22856/4 "2026-06-18T10:17:53Z")