This may not be working how I want because of my settings, so sorry if I’m asking for something that’s already in.
Basically, I’ve remapped my keyboard shortcuts so that ctrl+tab/ctrl+shift+tab act like next/prev (visual) tab. The stack thing was seriously getting to me, as I was dipping in and out of files and the stack order thing didn’t make a lot of sense to me. However, I do think that on closing a tab, going back to the previous tab I the stack (rather than the tab to the left of the one you just closed) makes a lot of sense.
Use case: I have 5 tabs open. I’m on tab #3, and realise I quickly need to change something in a non-open file. I press ctrl+p and type in the file name (or double click it from the sidebar). The file opens in a new tab at the end of the tabbar (tab #6). I do the change, save, and then ctrl+w to close. Now I’m on tab #5. I should be back on tab #3.
The alternative there is to open the new tab next to the current one, like what happens if I drag a file in from outside the editor. In fact that’s probably the better idea and it may even be a bugfix…?