diff --git a/packages/web/src/icons/FontIcon.svelte b/packages/web/src/icons/FontIcon.svelte
index 06d4b956f..4cf0e103a 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/icons/FontIcon.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/icons/FontIcon.svelte
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@
     'img import': 'mdi mdi-database-import color-icon-green',
     'img export': 'mdi mdi-database-export color-icon-green',
     'img transform': 'mdi mdi-rotate-orbit color-icon-blue',
+    'img tip': 'mdi mdi-lightbulb-on color-icon-yellow',
   };
 </script>
 
diff --git a/packages/web/src/settings/SettingsModal.svelte b/packages/web/src/settings/SettingsModal.svelte
index a59fcafbe..e0febfb22 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/settings/SettingsModal.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/settings/SettingsModal.svelte
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ ORDER BY
           { label: 'Connection', slot: 2 },
           { label: 'Themes', slot: 3 },
           { label: 'Default Actions', slot: 4 },
-          { label: 'Confirmations', slot: 5 },
+          { label: 'Behaviour', slot: 5 },
           { label: 'Other', slot: 6 },
         ]}
       >
@@ -331,6 +331,17 @@ ORDER BY
           />
         </svelte:fragment>
         <svelte:fragment slot="5">
+          <div class="heading">Behaviour</div>
+
+          <FormCheckboxField name="behaviour.useTabPreviewMode" label="Use tab preview mode" defaultValue={true} />
+
+          <div class="tip">
+            <FontIcon icon="img tip" /> When you single-click or select a file in the "Tables, Views, Functions" view, it
+            is shown in a preview mode and reuses an existing tab (preview tab). This is useful if you are quickly browsing
+            tables and don't want every visited table to have its own tab. When you start editing the table or use double-click
+            to open the table from the "Tables" view, a new tab is dedicated to that table.
+          </div>
+
           <div class="heading">Confirmations</div>
 
           <FormCheckboxField name="skipConfirm.tableDataSave" label="Skip confirmation when saving table data (SQL)" />
@@ -405,6 +416,11 @@ ORDER BY
     margin-top: var(--dim-large-form-margin);
   }
 
+  .tip {
+    margin-left: var(--dim-large-form-margin);
+    margin-top: var(--dim-large-form-margin);
+  }
+
   .themes {
     overflow-x: scroll;
     display: flex;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/utility/openNewTab.ts b/packages/web/src/utility/openNewTab.ts
index 0d724fc3f..a6a229738 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/utility/openNewTab.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/utility/openNewTab.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import localforage from 'localforage';
 import stableStringify from 'json-stable-stringify';
 import { saveAllPendingEditorData } from '../query/useEditorData';
 import { getConnectionInfo } from './metadataLoaders';
+import { getBoolSettingsValue } from '../settings/settingsTools';
 
 function findFreeNumber(numbers: number[]) {
   if (numbers.length == 0) return 1;
@@ -22,6 +23,13 @@ export default async function openNewTab(newTab, initialData: any = undefined, o
 
   let existing = null;
 
+  if (!getBoolSettingsValue('behaviour.useTabPreviewMode', true) && newTab.tabPreviewMode) {
+    newTab = {
+      ...newTab,
+      tabPreviewMode: false,
+    };
+  }
+
   const { savedFile, savedFolder, savedFilePath, conid, database } = newTab.props || {};
 
   if (conid && database) {