René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Opening a new sketch doesn't replace the default empty window","articleBody":"### Most relevant area for this enhancement?\n\nPDE\n\n### Feature to enhance\n\nSketch window behavior on startup\n\n### Desired enhancement\n\nWhen starting Processing and immediately opening a sketch (like an example or a recent sketch), the initial sketch window remains open even though it wasn't used.\n\nWhen opening an existing sketch from the Examples browser or the File menu, the default empty sketch window (sketch_XXXXXa) should automatically close or be reused, instead of remaining open in the background.\n\n\u003cimg width=\"1194\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f3dcb0ac-764b-497b-ab7d-522942a0f916\" /\u003e\n\n### Potential benefits\n\nIt makes the interface feel more intentional and avoids unnecessary windows.\n\n### Possible drawbacks\n\n_No response_\n\n### Additional context\n\n_No response_\n\n### Would you like to work on the issue?\n\nThis can be assigned to a contributor","author":{"url":"https://github.com/SableRaf","@type":"Person","name":"SableRaf"},"datePublished":"2025-05-22T13:54:14.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/1117/processing4/issues/1117"}