Research how often the existing "duplicateTab" and duplicate pane actions are used #13329

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opened 2026-01-31 03:39:52 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @DHowett on GitHub (Apr 6, 2021).

The name suggests that it should duplicate the whole pane tree.

Should we remove it until it does? It's just confusing otherwise.

[DH: I bet we get a lot of calls about it not duplicating the panes.]

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Originally created by @DHowett on GitHub (Apr 6, 2021). The name suggests that it should duplicate the whole pane tree. Should we remove it until it does? It's just confusing otherwise. [DH: I bet we get a lot of calls about it not duplicating the panes.] _originated in 4/2 bug bash_
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2021):

Is this different from #4674?

I think there's certainly value in separate actions for "duplicate the current terminal instance" vs "duplicate an entire tree of panes". People have been generally happy with the first behavior for 12+months, and #4674 has no upvotes or dupe'd issues...

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2021): Is this different from #4674? I think there's certainly value in separate actions for "duplicate the current terminal instance" vs "duplicate an entire tree of panes". People have been generally happy with the first behavior for 12+months, and #4674 has no upvotes or dupe'd issues...
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2021):

That's a fair point. I forgot that we had an existing "duplicate" action. I wonder how much use it gets ...

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Apr 6, 2021): That's a fair point. I forgot that we had an existing "duplicate" action. I wonder how much use it gets ...
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@keithn commented on GitHub (May 11, 2021):

duplicate tab would actually be useful if it duplicated the path in the underlying shell, at the moment it is pretty useless.

@keithn commented on GitHub (May 11, 2021): duplicate tab would actually be useful if it duplicated the path in the underlying shell, at the moment it is pretty useless.
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (May 11, 2021):

we're aware of that.

@DHowett commented on GitHub (May 11, 2021): _we're aware of that_.
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Reference: starred/terminal#13329