Ctrl Tab (`View: Quick Open Previous Recently Used Editor in Group`) no longer works when in a non-document editor (e.g. keybindings or settings UI)

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Hey, thanks for the report! You identified the cause correctly, it’s a known issue related to the new Agent Layout feature.

This should be fixed in version 2.3. Until then, you can use a workaround by adding a custom keybinding in keybindings.json:

{
  "key": "ctrl+tab",
  "command": "workbench.action.quickOpenPreviousRecentlyUsedEditorInGroup",
  "when": "!activeEditorGroupEmpty && !inEditorsPicker && !inQuickOpen"
}

This will restore the default VS Code behavior. Let me know if you need any help.

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