Sets included tabs in Notepad and File Explorer, but Microsoft halted the project and it was never released to Windows 10 customers. Should tabs become available in Notepad, they will be welcomed ...

It is just as easy to create a tab-separated file using a text editing program such as Notepad. Open Notepad by clicking the "Start" icon, then "Accessories," then "Notepad." Format your data.

The tabs are similar to what you would see in Microsoft Edge or File Explorer. Clicking the '+' icon opens a new note in a separate tab, allowing you to easily switch between them.

The simplicity that made the Windows Notepad so special is starting to be ruined, and Microsoft may be going too far with new ...

Alongside new Windows 11 Dev channel and Beta channel builds released today, Microsoft has now begun rolling out tabbed Notepad to the former Dev channel. The feature had leaked out last month.

Given how much we all depend on tabs in web browsers, it's hard to believe they're not more ubiquitous on other apps. Microsoft added that feature to File Explorer on Windows 11 earlier this year ...

Now that the File Explorer has tabs, it looks like Microsoft is eager to add the feature to another built-in Windows 11 app. A screenshot of an internal version of Notepad has been posted online ...

The employee, a senior product manager at Microsoft, posted a photo of a version of Notepad with tabs, enthusiastically announcing “Notepad in Windows 11 now has tabs!” with a loudspeaker emoji.

File Explorer tabs are already part of the File Explorer UI, provided that you’re running an up-to-date copy of Windows. (You can check Windows Update in the Windows 11 Settings menu to be sure.) ...