Close GitHub web-based editor

Question

How can I close the GitHub web-based editor?

The web-based editor is a useful tool and very simple to start. You just need to press . to open.

But if you want to close and go back to the repository page, is there a shortcut key or an option to click?

Until this moment I don't know how to do it and I need to close the browser tab and access the GitHub repository manually.

Answer 1

There is an option to click in the sidebar menu.

Answer 2

The sidebar menu has the "Go to Repository" option but opens another tab in the browser. But if you prefer to stay in the same tab the way I do it is to change in the url dev for com

instead of this:

change to this:

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source: https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/the-githubdev-web-based-editor#opening-the-githubdev-editor