Improve behavior when calling wt.exe to open to a folder #20662

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opened 2026-01-31 07:20:28 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @Stanzilla on GitHub (Oct 13, 2023).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Currently when you do something like wt.exe -p "Windows PowerShell" -d folder\path and already have a terminal open, it hides and then re-shows instead of just opening a new tab. See video below.

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/75278/9499ed68-cb3d-4c86-a0ce-719acdfea02f

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Open the tab directly instead of doing the hide/show/flash

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Reference: starred/terminal#20662