Moving tabs between windows #12293

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opened 2026-01-31 03:11:29 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @ekolis on GitHub (Jan 29, 2021).

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Sometimes I have multiple terminal windows open (for instance, "Open in Windows Terminal" in File Explorer or the desktop creates a new window) and I want to merge them together. Other times I have several tabs in a single terminal window that I want to split apart into their own windows, because they have separate purposes.

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I would like to be able to drag terminal tabs between windows: both from one window to another (to move the tab), and from a window to the outside (to make a new terminal window). This feature already exists in browsers (e.g. Chrome and Edge), so it makes sense to implement in other tabbed interfaces.

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claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 03:11:29 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2021):

Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to search for duplicates when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to the following for more discussion.

/dup #5000
/dup #1256

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2021): Thanks for the suggestion! Please make sure to search for duplicates when filing new issues. This is already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to the following for more discussion. /dup #5000 /dup #1256
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2021):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2021): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#12293