# File Open for an already opened Project
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/file-open-for-an-already-opened-project/3389
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [August 18, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/file-open-for-an-already-opened-project/3389 "2011-08-18T12:58:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@finalbuilder](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/finalbuilder)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/file-open-for-an-already-opened-project/3389/1 "2011-08-18T12:58:12Z")
Hi Support Team,
Sometimes user do thinks that do not make much sense - e.g. open a file which is already open...
FinalBuilder manages the open files via tab sheets. Because I have activated the option 'Auto Load Last Projects' the tab is seldom empty. Sometime it occurs that the tab sheet is 'overloaded' and a file I want to open is already open - it is just beyond the visible tabs ('out of view').
If I ask the FinalBuilder IDE to open an already open file in this situation nothing happens; the current tab sheet remains active, no error message. Therefore I got the notion that I must have select the wrong file in the open dialog. Therefore I do it again - with the same result.
IMHO FinalBuilder should change the active tab sheet to where the desired file resides, shouldn't it?
That would be nice :-)
Thanks in advance.
Best regards
Michael
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### Author:  [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/file-open-for-an-already-opened-project/3389/2 "2011-08-18T01:59:01Z")
Agreed, will fix for the next update. I had a quick look at the code, there is a stubbed out method with a comment suggesting we ask the user if they want to reload the project… I guess we never resolved what to do in that situation.
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### Author:  [@finalbuilder](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/finalbuilder)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/file-open-for-an-already-opened-project/3389/3 "2011-08-24T01:08:07Z")
Hi Vincent,
I just installed build 1497 - thanks for solving this issue.
Best regards
Michael