How to reopen the latest closed files

CTRL + E

This will display a list of recently used files.

Hello Evert,

E> I cannot find an option to reopen the latest files I had open, but
E> did close. File->Reopen only shows a possibility to reopen projects.

View | Recent Files... (Ctrl-E)

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Dmitry Jemerov
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"Dmitry Jemerov" <yole@jetbrains.com> wrote

View | Recent Files... (Ctrl-E)

Ah, you do not know how happy you made me with this little typ! I am working
on a new project and have not got the directory structure in my head, and
was reloading and refinding the files I recently worked with time after
after time. :)

If someone googles for this in 2018+, the command on the mac is

Ctrl + 2 (^2)

The command on mac is:

cmd + e

The list of recently used files is not always helping you with latest closed files. You can close files without using them (by clicking the X on the tab, without activating the tab and this will not add the closed file to the list). A command like Ctrl+Shift+T in Chrome would be very useful.

Just found a menu entry that works exactly like Ctrl+Shift+T: Window / Editor Tabs / Reopen Closed Tab

You can probably assign a shortcut to it.

You may set the hot key by yourself, go to settings and type in search field "reopen closed tab", set your prefered hotkey 

i used idea 2019.2

If it is the file you are currently working in, the easiest way to do this is to just navigate BACK to your previous cursor location:

ctrl + alt + <<left arrow key >>

Hope this helps,

Cheers