View file File name : gedit-open-files.page Content :<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="gedit-open-files" xml:lang="eu"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="gedit-files-basic" group="second"/> <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-open-on-server"/> <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-close-file"/> <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-open-recent"/> <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-quickstart"/> <desc>Open files to start working on them.</desc> <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-07" status="final"/> <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-02-12" status="review"/> <credit type="author"> <name>Jim Campbell</name> <email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email> </credit> <credit type="editor"> <name>Shobha Tyagi</name> <email its:translate="no">tyagishobha@gmail.com</email> </credit> <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/> </info> <title>Open a file or set of files</title> <p>To open a file in <app>gedit</app>, click the <gui>Open</gui> button, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>O</key></keyseq>.</p> <p>This will cause the <gui>Open</gui> dialog to appear. Use your mouse or keyboard to select the file that you wish to open, and then click <gui>Open</gui>. The file that you've selected will open in a new tab.</p> <p>To close the <gui>Open</gui> dialog without opening a file, click <gui>Cancel</gui>.</p> <note style="tip"><p>You can use the <key>Ctrl</key> and <key>Shift</key> keys to open more than one file at a time. If you hold down the <key>Ctrl</key> key while you select multiple files, clicking <gui>Open</gui> will open each of the files that you have selected.</p> <!-- Insert Image Here --> <p>Holding down the <key>Shift</key> while you select multiple files will open the first file that you select, the last file that you select, and all of the files in between.</p></note> <!-- Insert Image Here --> </page>