Opening files not in current project

Sorry if this is documented somewhere - I've looked but am probably searching for the wrong terms.

Recently the way files outside of the current project changed to opening in a separate instance of phpstorm - more like a web page.  My question is how do I open those same files within the current project instead of a separate windows?

The only files I typically open are project related anyway but are more often shared files in a common shared directory on the server.

Thanks in advance.

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Hi there,

You must be talking about LightEdit mode: https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2020/04/lightedit-mode/

Please check this StackOverflow answer about how you may disable it or perhaps enforce full project mode: https://stackoverflow.com/a/62626486/783119

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Yes! That's it. I had no idea it was called that.  And the solution was exactly what I was needing.

Thank you.

BTW, that is a killer interface with the registry.

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