2018.1 Lost asterisk on tabs showing modified file
Somehow this preference got reset and I cannot find it in Settings. That is - to choose to put an asterisk on any file tab where the file has been modified. Thank you.
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Hi there,
Search box is Settings/Preferences is very helpful in such cases -- try it.
Settings/Preferences | Editor | General | Editor Tabs
It is still in the same place in 2020.2.3, but the setting is now called "Mark modified (*)".
PhpStorm 2025.3.2
When Mark modified tab is enabled, at the moment you modify any line and then set focus on another application window (Alt+TAB), the Mark modified dot is missing from the original tab.
Is this either a bug, or is intentionally behaviour?.
Javierleal
The IDE is probably auto-saving the file for you when you Alt-Tab.
Double-check what you have at “Settings/Preferences | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings | Save files when switching to a different application or a built-in terminal”
Another possibility: you may also have a File Watcher that runs on that file…
EXCELLENT. Solved.
Always thinking for many years ago it was a not solved bug…