# Additional slide view for more than one note in the same layout

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/additional-slide-view-for-more-than-one-note-in-the-same-layout/5483>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [28 January 2020 17:51 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/additional-slide-view-for-more-than-one-note-in-the-same-layout/5483 "2020-01-28T17:51:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![rooby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rooby](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/rooby)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2020 17:51 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/additional-slide-view-for-more-than-one-note-in-the-same-layout/5483/1 "2020-01-28T17:51:07Z")

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Hey there, I miss the opportunity to show more than one note in the same layout, no matter if editor or viewer. I would suggest an additional slide view with more columns (or lines) for different notes. That would make working with more than one note at the same time much easier.

Edit: → Joplin Desktop App (Linux)

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**Author:** ![victorkane](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/victorkane/32/1913_2.png) [@victorkane](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/victorkane)\
**Post date:** [29 January 2020 11:35 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/additional-slide-view-for-more-than-one-note-in-the-same-layout/5483/2 "2020-01-29T11:35:50Z")

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One thing you can do here, at least for editing, is to make use of the external editor functionality. I can work on several files, and see them in VS Code or in Vim, or whatever I setup as the external editor.

I just tried something really cool! I have VS Code installed, so I just went to preferences (Mac desktop version) and in `Preferences > General`, placed `/usr/local/bin/code` (VS Code) in the text editor command path field. Then, when I click on the external edit link, it pops up in VS Code (which has preview mode! So I can view as I edit without going back to Joplin. But, what’s even cooler is that if I edit 2 or 3 files, **they all go to the same VS Code Window!!!**. So on my monitor, where I have a certain amount of space, I can edit/visualize several notes, and have Joplin desktop in my mac window, for example.

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [29 January 2020 14:14 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/additional-slide-view-for-more-than-one-note-in-the-same-layout/5483/3 "2020-01-29T14:14:42Z")

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@rooby

+1 the ability to have more than one note open. It can be awkward when you want to copy text from one note to another or even create a link between notes because you have to leave the note you are editing to get the markdown link for the other note.

I found a feature request on GitHub from last year ([1424](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/1424)) which suggested using tabs.

 ![mockup](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/4/465ae3379464b29eed047dc8a706d76384c674c8.png)

Sadly the feature request went stale and was closed in October.

However a commenter stated:

> Since Joplin is built on top of Electron, it is totally doable. I found this related package: [GitHub - brrd/electron-tabs: Tab component for Electron](https://github.com/brrd/electron-tabs)

I am not a coder so I have no idea if that comment is valid!!!

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**Author:** ![tessus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/tessus/32/13_2.png) [@tessus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/tessus)\
**Post date:** [30 January 2020 00:19 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/additional-slide-view-for-more-than-one-note-in-the-same-layout/5483/4 "2020-01-30T00:19:03Z")

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I remember that Laurent mentioned that multiple tabs won’t happen. But maybe that’s changed.