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Can I open two solutions with Visual Studio for Mac at the same time?

That's it. Can this be initiated two times to open two separated solutions at the same time?

Solution

  • By default an .app runs as a single instance/single document mode, its the Cocoa way of life and MonoDevelop/Xamarin Studio/Visual Studio for Mac follow that paradigm.

    From the cmd line:

    Open a solution in an existing running instance or starts the first instance:

    open MySolution.sln

    Open a solution in a new instance of the application:

    open -n MySolution.sln

    -n = Open a new instance of the application(s) even if one is already running.

    GUI-based:

    From @TomGilder comment:

    MS Solution Launcher

    Ref: https://github.com/Redth/MSSolutionLauncher