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    <link type="guide" xref="index#configure-gedit"/>
      <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email its:translate="no">jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Daniel Neel</name>
      <email its:translate="no">dneelyep@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Sindhu S</name>
      <email its:translate="no">sindhus@live.in</email>
    </credit>
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  <title>View a list of files in the side pane</title>

  <p>Keeping track of a large number of files using tabs can be difficult. One
  way of managing large numbers of files is viewing them in a side pane. Side
  panes allow you to view more files at a time than is possible using tabs
  alone.</p>

  <p>To view a list of open files in a side pane, click
  <guiseq><gui style="menu">View</gui> 
  <gui style="menuitem">Side Pane</gui></guiseq>. A pane will appear to the
  left of the workspace with a listing of all currently open files. Clicking a
  file in the side pane will display that file in the workspace.</p>

  <p>The side pane also contains a <app>File Browser</app> view. If the pane
  displays a file directory instead of currently open files, click
  <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/gedit-side-pane2.png" its:translate="no"><span its:translate="yes">documents
  icon</span></media> at the bottom of the pane to switch to the
  <app>Documents</app> view.</p>

  <note>
    <p>The side pane only displays files that are open in the current window.
    When multiple windows are open, only the files in the current window will
    be displayed in the side pane.</p>
  </note>
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