How to create a new project in Sublime Text 3, in a new projects tab, without closing other open projects

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There's no 'New project' option in Sublime Text 3, only options for doing things with existing projects:

I've seen various pages titled "How to create a project", but:

This gist gives a method that starts with 'Add folder to project', assumes you don't have any projects open. If you do, it adds the folder to an existing project
The suggested steps in this forum post start with closing all open projects
The unofficial docs also discuss "closing any active project with the Project → Close Project menu" or opening a new window

None of them seem to do what I want to do, which is:

Create a new project I can add folders to,
…without closing all the other projects I have open,
…as a new tab in the same application window

…just like a "New project" menu item would. Is it possible, or do I have to close other projects or drag the tab back into the original window every time?

Best Answer

It is possible like this:

In Sublime, go to File > New Window, which creates a new Sublime window as a tab in the same application window (seems to consistently stay in the same application window regardless of your open_files_in_new_window setting)

This new tab / window is treated as a new 'Anonymous project'. So File > New Window is effectively the "New empty project" button missing from the Project menu.
You can therefore add folders to it, save it, etc

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