Each tab should show in Filtered Task View. #4534

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opened 2026-01-30 23:49:50 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @michelforget on GitHub (Oct 18, 2019).

There is a feature in Windows called Filtered Task View which, when activated, shows all the windows associated with a given task (ie: a much cleaner view than alt+tab). It would be nice if each tab in the terminal showed up in this view.

I suspect each tab would have to be classified as a "window" for this to work.
The primary problem this would solve is that it would give you a way to switch to the desired tab without having to see literally everything else running on your system.

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claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-30 23:49:50 +00:00
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019):

I swear we have a duplicate for this, I just don't remember where it is. This is a "hard problem" for us because those APIs only work for things that actually have windows. Like, win32 HWNDs. It would also get us the ability to show individual tabs when you hover over the taskbar button ...

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019): I swear we have a duplicate for this, I just don't remember where it is. This is a "hard problem" for us because those APIs only work for things that actually have windows. Like, _win32 `HWND`s_. It would also get us the ability to show individual tabs when you hover over the taskbar button ...
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019):

Found it! /dup #2887.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019): Found it! /dup #2887.
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019):

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 (Oct 23, 2019): 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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@ghost commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2019):

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 (Oct 23, 2019): 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#4534