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- [Instructor] Let's look at a feature called the tab preview. Before I start, we'll look at the normal behavior of solution explorer, so I'm looking at some files in solution explorer and I select them with my mouse. Nothing happens other than I can see some information changing here on the bottom of the screen. It's not opening the files. They don't open until I right-click on it and choose open or I double-click on the file. Now let's look at this button here. It's called the preview selected items, so I'll turn this button on and now we'll go back and forth between these two files, and you'll see so far it's the same behavior you've seen in the past. Each time you select the file, it just chooses it in the tab area. Now let's select a file that I haven't opened yet like this fleet.xml, and here's what the preview looks like. Over here on the right side of the screen is this new tab and it has a little icon right there, and this is the tab preview. So, now I can look at the…

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