Way to lock/pin tabs #11123

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opened 2026-01-31 02:39:13 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @Nosamdaman on GitHub (Oct 22, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

I think a feature that would allow a user to "lock" a tab or whole window could be extremely useful. If I'm running a particularly long command/job in a remote session for example, being able to lock that tab so that no input could be sent to the tab would help prevent accidental cancelations if the window regained focus without me knowing it. It would then also be nice if the close window/tab button popped up a warning or confirmation dialogue when attempting to close the tab/window in question regardless of the confirmCloseAllTabs option when a locked or pinned tab is present. Using this feature in combination with the always on top mode would be a great way to ensure that you could monitor the progress of jobs without having to worry about accidentally interfering with them.

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Reference: starred/terminal#11123