Detach tab #16543

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opened 2026-01-31 05:15:13 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @jpfarias on GitHub (Jan 30, 2022).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

I would like to be able to detach a tab into a new window. For instance, when I am working with multiple tabs and then I want
to watch 2 separate processes logs that are running on different tabs side by side.

Perhaps a good way to go about this is to add another entry to the context menu when the user right clicks the tab title, right after the "Duplicate tab" option.

Originally created by @jpfarias on GitHub (Jan 30, 2022). # Description of the new feature/enhancement I would like to be able to detach a tab into a new window. For instance, when I am working with multiple tabs and then I want to watch 2 separate processes logs that are running on different tabs side by side. Perhaps a good way to go about this is to add another entry to the context menu when the user right clicks the tab title, right after the "Duplicate tab" option.
claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 05:15:13 +00:00
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@j4james commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2022):

This sounds like a duplicate of #1256.

@j4james commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2022): This sounds like a duplicate of #1256.
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@jpfarias commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2022):

This sounds like a duplicate of #1256.

I tried searching the open issues to check for duplicates before I posted this issue and I didn't find anything that mentioning detaching tabs. Perhaps the wording on #1256 tricked me since it says "tearoff" instead of detach.

Anyway, in this issue I also point to a change - or rather addition, to the context menu for right clicking the tab title that would let us detach the tab.

I am sorry that I don't know about the inner workings of WT so I don't know how much work this would require.

Hopefully this isn't a big deal.

Thanks again for this great piece of software!

@jpfarias commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2022): > This sounds like a duplicate of #1256. I tried searching the open issues to check for duplicates before I posted this issue and I didn't find anything that mentioning detaching tabs. Perhaps the wording on #1256 tricked me since it says "tearoff" instead of detach. Anyway, in this issue I also point to a change - or rather addition, to the context menu for right clicking the tab title that would let us detach the tab. I am sorry that I don't know about the inner workings of WT so I don't know how much work this would require. Hopefully this isn't a big deal. Thanks again for this great piece of software!
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2022):

No worries!

/dup #1256

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2022): No worries! /dup #1256
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2022):

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 31, 2022): 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#16543