Opening a File

To open a file, choose File ▸ Open to display the Open File dialog. Select the file that you want to open, then click Open. The file is displayed in the gedit window.

The application records the paths and filenames of the five most recent files that you edited and displays the files as menu items on the File menu. You can also click on the icon on the toolbar to display the list of recent files.

You can open multiple files in gedit. The application adds a tab for each open file to the window. For more on this see Section 3.5 ― Working With Tabs.