Use the File panel and file tabs

Use the File panel for a selection-following look at files as you browse. Open a file tab when you want one file to remain in the center while you navigate elsewhere.

• Inspect files in the File panel explains what follows the Explorer selection, how metadata and the file representation share the panel, and when Phials avoids a duplicate representation.
• Open files in file tabs explains persistent File mode, existing-tab reuse, pinning, closing, and session restoration.