diff --git a/settings.json b/settings.json
index afe9a4e..29337ff 100644
--- a/settings.json
+++ b/settings.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   "vertical_scroll_margin": 5,
   "wrap_guides": [80],
   "tabs": {
+    "activate_on_close": "left_neighbour", // default is 'history'
     "file_icons": true
   },
   "indent_guides": {
diff --git a/snippets/c++.json b/snippets/c++.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c94789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippets/c++.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "cout": {
+    "prefix": "cout",
+    "body": "std::cout << ${1:EXPR} << std::endl;$0",
+    "description": "Bash snippet 'cout'"
+  }
+}